1 Samuel 31 :: New International Version (NIV)

Saul Takes His Life

(1Ch 10:1–14 )

1Sa 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

1Sa 31:2The Philistines were in hot pursuit of Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua.

1Sa 31:3

1Sa 31:3The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded him critically.

1Sa 31:4

1Sa 31:4Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and run me through and abuse me.” But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

1Sa 31:5

1Sa 31:5When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died with him.

1Sa 31:6

1Sa 31:6So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer and all his men died together that same day.

1Sa 31:7

1Sa 31:7When the Israelites along the valley and those across the Jordan saw that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.

1Sa 31:8

1Sa 31:8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

1Sa 31:9

1Sa 31:9They cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and they sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.

1Sa 31:10

1Sa 31:10They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.

1Sa 31:11

1Sa 31:11When the people of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

1Sa 31:12

1Sa 31:12all their valiant men marched through the night to Beth Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned them.

1Sa 31:13

1Sa 31:13Then they took their bones and buried them under a tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

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Saul Takes His Life

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