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The Death of Saul and His Sons(A)

10 The Philistines were fighting against Israel, and each[a] soldier[b] of Israel fled before the Philistines. They fell slain on the mountain of Gilboa. The Philistines followed after Saul and after his sons, and the Philistines struck down Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul’s sons. The heaviest fighting was against Saul,[c] and when the archers who were shooting located Saul, he was gravely wounded by them.[d]

Saul ordered his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised people will come and abuse me.”

But his armor bearer did not want to do it[e] because he was very frightened, so Saul took the sword and fell on it. When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his[f] sword and died. Therefore Saul, his three sons, and all his entire household died together. When that part of the army[g] of Israel that was in the valley saw that the rest of the[h] army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled, and the Philistines came and occupied them.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 10:1 The Heb. lacks each
  2. 1 Chronicles 10:1 Lit. a man
  3. 1 Chronicles 10:3 Lit. was heavy toward
  4. 1 Chronicles 10:3 Lit. the archers
  5. 1 Chronicles 10:4 The Heb. lacks to do it
  6. 1 Chronicles 10:5 The Heb. lacks his
  7. 1 Chronicles 10:7 Lit. man
  8. 1 Chronicles 10:7 The Heb. lacks rest of the