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1 Samuel 31:1-13 — The Death of Saul
1Sam.31.1-13
1Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. 2The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and the Philistines struck down Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. 3The battle grew fierce against Saul, and the archers found him, and he was in great distress because of the archers . 4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, 'Draw your sword and pierce me with it, lest these uncircumcised men come and pierce me and abuse me.' But his armor-bearer would not, because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it. 5When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him. 6So Saul died that day, and his three sons, his armor-bearer, and indeed all his men died together. 7When the men of Israel who were across the valley and beyond the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled, and the Philistines came and lived in them. 8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9They cut off his head, stripped off his armor, and sent word throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the houses of their idols and among the people. 10They put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. 11When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12all the valiant men rose and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. Then they came to Jabesh and burned them there. 13Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days .
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4/11/2026
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