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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 10 | And
they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the
temple of Dagon. |
| 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; |
| 14 | And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him,
and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. |
