1 Chronicles 10
1. Now the Philistines fought * against Israel; and the men of Israel fled * from before the Philistines, and fell down * slain in mount Gilboa.
2. And the Philistines followed hard * after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew * Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3. And the battle went sore * against Saul, and the archers * hit * him, and he was wounded * of the archers * .
4. Then said * Saul to his armourbearer * , Draw * thy sword,and thrust * me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come * and abuse * me. But his armourbearer * would * not; for he was sore afraid * . So Saul took * a sword, and fell * upon it.
5. And when his armourbearer * saw * that Saul was dead * , he fell * likewise on the sword, and died * .
6. So Saul died * , and his three sons, and all his house died * together.
7. And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw * that they fled * , and that Saul and his sons were dead * , then they forsook * their cities, and fled * : and the Philistines came * and dwelt * in them.
8. And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came * to strip * the slain, that they found * Saul and his sons fallen * in mount Gilboa.
9. And when they had stripped * him, they took * his head, and his armour, and sent * into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings * unto their idols, and to the people.
10. And they put * his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened * his head in the temple of Dagon.
11. And when all Jabeshgilead heard * all that the Philistines had done * to Saul,
12. They arose * , all the valiant men, and took away * the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought * them to Jabesh, and buried * their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted * seven days.
13. So Saul died * for his transgression which he committed * against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD,which he kept * not, and also for asking * counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire * of it;
14. And enquired * not of the LORD:therefore he slew * him, and turned * the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
