June
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Samuel 31
1Sa
31:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of
Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount
Gilboa.
1Sa
31:2 The Philistines followed hard on Saul and on his sons; and the
Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons
of Saul.
1Sa
31:3 The battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook
him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.
1Sa
31:4 Then said Saul to his armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust
me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me
through, and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not; for he was
sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.
1Sa
31:5 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell
on his sword, and died with him.
1Sa
31:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all
his men, that same day together.
1Sa
31:7 When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the
valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of
Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the
cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
1Sa
31:8 It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip
the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount
Gilboa.
1Sa
31:9 They cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent
into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to the
house of their idols, and to the people.
1Sa
31:10 They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they
fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
1Sa
31:11 When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard concerning him
that which the Philistines had done to Saul,
1Sa
31:12 all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the
body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan;
and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
1Sa
31:13 They took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree
in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.