English Bible Presentation Sharing - 1-Chronicles Book, chapter 10, verse 62 in Ncv Version

1 Chronicles 10 : 1 (NCV)

The Philistines fought against Israel, and the Israelites ran away from them. Many Israelites were killed on Mount Gilboa.

1 Chronicles 10 : 2 (NCV)

The Philistines fought hard against Saul and his sons, killing his sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.

1 Chronicles 10 : 3 (NCV)

The fighting was heavy around Saul, and the archers shot him with their arrows and wounded him.

1 Chronicles 10 : 4 (NCV)

Then Saul said to the officer who carried his armor, "Pull out your sword and stab me. If you don't, these Philistines who are not circumcised will come and hurt me." But Saul's officer refused, because he was afraid. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it.

1 Chronicles 10 : 5 (NCV)

When the officer saw that Saul was dead, he threw himself on his own sword and died.

1 Chronicles 10 : 6 (NCV)

So Saul and three of his sons died; all his family died together.

1 Chronicles 10 : 7 (NCV)

When the Israelites living in the valley saw that their army had run away and that Saul and his sons were dead, they left their towns and ran away. Then the Philistines came and settled in them.

1 Chronicles 10 : 8 (NCV)

The next day when the Philistines came to strip the dead soldiers, they found Saul and his sons dead on Mount Gilboa.

1 Chronicles 10 : 9 (NCV)

The Philistines stripped Saul's body and took his head and his armor. Then they sent messengers through all their country to tell the news to their idols and to their people.

1 Chronicles 10 : 10 (NCV)

The Philistines put Saul's armor in the temple of their idols and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.

1 Chronicles 10 : 11 (NCV)

All the people in Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul.

1 Chronicles 10 : 12 (NCV)

So the brave men of Jabesh went and got the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the large tree in Jabesh. Then the people of Jabesh gave up eating for seven days.

1 Chronicles 10 : 13 (NCV)

Saul died because he was not faithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord. He even went to a medium and asked her for advice

1 Chronicles 10 : 14 (NCV)

instead of asking the Lord. This is why the Lord put Saul to death and gave the kingdom to Jesse's son David.