Now the Philistines <H6430> fought <H3898> against Israel; <H3478> and the men <H0376> of Israel <H3478> fled <H5127> from before <H6440> the Philistines, <H6430> and fell down <H5307> slain <H2491> in mount <H2022> Gilboa. <H1533>
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And the Philistines <H6430> followed hard <H1692> after <H0310> Saul, <H7586> and after <H0310> his sons; <H1121> and the Philistines <H6430> slew <H5221> Jonathan, <H3129> and Abinadab, <H0041> and Malchishua, <H4444> the sons <H1121> of Saul. <H7586>
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And the battle <H4421> went sore <H3513> against Saul, <H7586> and the archers <H3384> <H7198> hit <H4672> him, and he was wounded <H2342> of the archers. <H3384>
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Then said <H0559> Saul <H7586> to his armourbearer, <H5375> <H3627> Draw <H8025> thy sword, <H2719> and thrust me through <H1856> therewith; lest these uncircumcised <H6189> come <H0935> and abuse <H5953> me. But his armourbearer <H5375> <H3627> would <H0014> not; for he was sore <H3966> afraid. <H3372> So Saul <H7586> took <H3947> a sword, <H2719> and fell <H5307> upon it.
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And when his armourbearer <H5375> <H3627> saw <H7200> that Saul <H7586> was dead, <H4191> he fell <H5307> likewise on the sword, <H2719> and died. <H4191>
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So Saul <H7586> died, <H4191> and his three <H7969> sons, <H1121> and all his house <H1004> died <H4191> together. <H3162>
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And when all the men <H0376> of Israel <H3478> that [were] in the valley <H6010> saw <H7200> that they fled, <H5127> and that Saul <H7586> and his sons <H1121> were dead, <H4191> then they forsook <H5800> their cities, <H5892> and fled: <H5127> and the Philistines <H6430> came <H0935> and dwelt <H3427> in them.
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And it came to pass on the morrow, <H4283> when the Philistines <H6430> came <H0935> to strip <H6584> the slain, <H2491> that they found <H4672> Saul <H7586> and his sons <H1121> fallen <H5307> in mount <H2022> Gilboa. <H1533>
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And when they had stripped <H6584> him, they took <H5375> his head, <H7218> and his armour, <H3627> and sent <H7971> into the land <H0776> of the Philistines <H6430> round about, <H5439> to carry tidings <H1319> unto their idols, <H6091> and to the people. <H5971>
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And they put <H7760> his armour <H3627> in the house <H1004> of their gods, <H0430> and fastened <H8628> his head <H1538> in the temple <H1004> of Dagon. <H1712>
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And when all Jabeshgilead <H3003> <H1568> heard <H8085> all that the Philistines <H6430> had done <H6213> to Saul, <H7586>
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They arose, <H6965> all the valiant <H2428> men, <H0376> and took away <H5375> the body <H1480> of Saul, <H7586> and the bodies <H1480> of his sons, <H1121> and brought <H0935> them to Jabesh, <H3003> and buried <H6912> their bones <H6106> under the oak <H0424> in Jabesh, <H3003> and fasted <H6684> seven <H7651> days. <H3117>
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So Saul <H7586> died <H4191> for his transgression <H4604> which he committed <H4603> against the LORD, <H3068> [even] against the word <H1697> of the LORD, <H3068> which he kept <H8104> not, and also for asking <H7592> [counsel] of [one that had] a familiar spirit, <H0178> to enquire <H1875> [of it];
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And enquired <H1875> not of the LORD: <H3068> therefore he slew <H4191> him, and turned <H5437> the kingdom <H4410> unto David <H1732> the son <H1121> of Jesse. <H3448>