English Bible Presentation Sharing - 1-Chronicles Book, chapter 10, verse 18 in Nlv Version

1 Chronicles 10 : 1 (NLV)

Now the many Philistines fought against Israel. The men of Israel ran away from the Philistines, and were killed on Mount Gilboa.

1 Chronicles 10 : 2 (NLV)

The Philistines went after Saul and his sons. And they killed Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons.

1 Chronicles 10 : 3 (NLV)

The battle was hard for Saul. Those who fought with the bow found him, and hurt him with an arrow.

1 Chronicles 10 : 4 (NLV)

Then Saul said to the one who carried his battle-clothes, "Take your sword and kill me with it. Or these men who have not gone through our religious act will come and make fun of me." But the one who carried his battleclothes would not do it. For he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.

1 Chronicles 10 : 5 (NLV)

When the one who carried his battle-clothes saw that Saul was dead, he fell on his sword and died also.

1 Chronicles 10 : 6 (NLV)

So Saul died with his three sons. All those of his house died together.

1 Chronicles 10 : 7 (NLV)

All the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the army had run away and that Saul and his sons were dead. So they left their cities and ran away. Then the Philistines came and lived in their cities.

1 Chronicles 10 : 8 (NLV)

When the Philistines came the next day to take what had belonged to the dead, they found Saul and his sons dead on Mount Gilboa.

1 Chronicles 10 : 9 (NLV)

So they took his clothes, his head, and his battleclothes. And they sent men around the land of the Philistines to take the good news to their false gods and to the people.

1 Chronicles 10 : 10 (NLV)

They put Saul's battleclothes in the house of their gods. And they put his head in the house of Dagon.

1 Chronicles 10 : 11 (NLV)

All the people of Jabeshgilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul.

1 Chronicles 10 : 12 (NLV)

So all the powerful soldiers went and took the bodies of Saul and his sons. They brought them to Jabesh and buried their bones under the oak tree there. Then they went without food for seven days.

1 Chronicles 10 : 13 (NLV)

So Saul died for his sin against the Lord, because he did not keep the Word of the Lord. He had asked a woman who spoke with spirits what he should do.

1 Chronicles 10 : 14 (NLV)

He did not ask the Lord. So the Lord killed him, and gave the nation to David the son of Jesse.