Now the Philistines <H6430> fought <H3898> against Israel: <H3478> and the men <H0582> 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> upon Saul <H7586> and upon his sons; <H1121> and the Philistines <H6430> slew <H5221> Jonathan, <H3083> and Abinadab, <H0041> and Melchishua, <H4444> Saul's <H7586> sons. <H1121>
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And the battle <H4421> went sore <H3513> against Saul, <H7586> and the archers <H3384> <H0582> <H7198> hit <H4672> him; and he was sore <H3966> wounded <H2342> of the archers. <H3384>
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Then said <H0559> Saul <H7586> unto his armourbearer, <H5375> <H3627> Draw <H8025> thy sword, <H2719> and thrust me through <H1856> therewith; lest these uncircumcised <H6189> come <H0935> and thrust me through, <H1856> and abuse <H5953> me. But his armourbearer <H5375> <H3627> would <H0014> not; for he was sore <H3966> afraid. <H3372> Therefore 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 upon his sword, <H2719> and died <H4191> with him.
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So Saul <H7586> died, <H4191> and his three <H7969> sons, <H1121> and his armourbearer, <H5375> <H3627> and all his men, <H0582> that same day <H3117> together. <H3162>
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And when the men <H0582> of Israel <H3478> that [were] on the other side <H5676> of the valley, <H6010> and [they] that [were] on the other side <H5676> Jordan, <H3383> saw <H7200> that the men <H0582> of Israel <H3478> fled, <H5127> and that Saul <H7586> and his sons <H1121> were dead, <H4191> they forsook <H5800> the 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 three <H7969> sons <H1121> fallen <H5307> in mount <H2022> Gilboa. <H1533>
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And they cut off <H3772> his head, <H7218> and stripped off <H6584> his armour, <H3627> and sent <H7971> into the land <H0776> of the Philistines <H6430> round about, <H5439> to publish <H1319> [it in] the house <H1004> of their idols, <H6091> and among the people. <H5971>
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And they put <H7760> his armour <H3627> in the house of Ashtaroth: <H1004> <H6252><H1045> and they fastened <H8628> his body <H1472> to the wall <H2346> of Bethshan. <H1052>
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And when the inhabitants <H3427> of Jabeshgilead <H3003> <H1568> heard <H8085> of that which the Philistines <H6430> had done <H6213> to Saul; <H7586>
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All the valiant <H2428> men <H0376> arose, <H6965> and went <H3212> all night, <H3915> and took <H3947> the body <H1472> of Saul <H7586> and the bodies <H1472> of his sons <H1121> from the wall <H2346> of Bethshan, <H1052> and came <H0935> to Jabesh, <H3003> and burnt <H8313> them there.
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And they took <H3947> their bones, <H6106> and buried <H6912> [them] under a tree <H0815> at Jabesh, <H3003> and fasted <H6684> seven <H7651> days. <H3117>