1 Samuel 31 : 1 (NLV)
Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. And the men of Israel ran from the Philistines and were killed and fell on Mount Gilboa.
1 Samuel 31 : 2 (NLV)
The Philistines came after Saul and his sons. They killed Saul's sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchishua.
1 Samuel 31 : 3 (NLV)
The battle went against Saul. The men who used the bow hit him with arrows and hurt him very much.
1 Samuel 31 : 4 (NLV)
Then Saul said to the one who carried his battle-clothes, "Take your sword and cut through me with it. Or these men who have not gone through our religious act will come and kill me with the sword and make fun of me." But the one who carried his battle-clothes would not do it, for he was filled with fear. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.
1 Samuel 31 : 5 (NLV)
When the one who carried his battle-clothes saw that Saul was dead, he fell on his sword also, and died with him.
1 Samuel 31 : 6 (NLV)
So Saul, his three sons, the one who carried his battle-clothes, and all his men, died that day together.
1 Samuel 31 : 7 (NLV)
The men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, on the other side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had run away and that Saul and his sons were dead. So they left the cities and ran away. Then the Philistines came and lived in them.
1 Samuel 31 : 8 (NLV)
When the Philistines came to rob the dead the next day, they found Saul and his three sons lying on Mount Gilboa.
1 Samuel 31 : 9 (NLV)
They cut off Saul's head and took his sword and battleclothes, and sent them through the land of the Philistines. They sent them to carry the good news to the house of their gods and to the people.
1 Samuel 31 : 10 (NLV)
They put his sword and battleclothes in the house of their god Ashtaroth. And they tied his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
1 Samuel 31 : 11 (NLV)
When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
1 Samuel 31 : 12 (NLV)
all the men with strength of heart went and walked all night. They took the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh. There they burned them.
1 Samuel 31 : 13 (NLV)
They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh. And they did not eat for seven days.
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