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Chapter 10 |
| 1 | Now the
Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the
Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. |
| 2 | And the
Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines
slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. |
| 3 | And
the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded
of the archers. |
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4 | Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword,
and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.
But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword,
and fell upon it. |
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5 | And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he
fell likewise on the sword, and died. |
| 6 | So Saul died, and his three
sons, and all his house died together. |
| 7 | And when all the men of Israel
that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were
dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and
dwelt in them. |
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8 | And it came to pass on the morrow, when the
Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen
in mount Gilboa. |
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9 | And when they had stripped him, they took his head,
and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry
tidings unto their idols, and to the people. |
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10 | And they put his armor
in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
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| 11 | And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to
Saul, |
| 12 |
They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of
Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their
bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. |
| 13 | So Saul died
for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the
word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that
had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it; |
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14 | And inquired not of the
LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of
Jesse. |
