1 Samuel 31:13

1 Samuel 31:1-13

¹The Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. ²The Philistines kept close after Saul and his sons, and the Philistines struck Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. ³The battle pressed hard against Saul, and the archers, men with the bow, found him, and he trembled greatly because of the archers. ⁴Saul said to the one who carried his weapons, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and run me through and abuse me.” But the one who carried his weapons was not willing, for he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it. ⁵When the one who carried his weapons saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him. ⁶So Saul died, and his three sons, and the one who carried his weapons, and also all his men, on that day together. ⁷When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley and who were on the other side of the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them. ⁸The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. ⁹They cut off his head and stripped off his weapons, and sent throughout the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to the house of their idols and to the people. ¹⁰They put his weapons in the house of the Astartes, and his body they fastened to the wall of Beth-shan. ¹¹When the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard about him what the Philistines had done to Saul, ¹²all the valiant men arose and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; they came to Jabesh and burned them there. ¹³They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

1 Chronicles 10:1-14

¹And the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. ²And the Philistines kept close after Saul and after his sons, and the Philistines struck Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. ³And the battle pressed hard against Saul, and the archers, men with the bow, found him, and he trembled because of the archers. ⁴And Saul said to the one who carried his weapons, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.” But the one who carried his weapons was not willing, for he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it. ⁵And when the one who carried his weapons saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on the sword and died. ⁶So Saul died, and his three sons; and all his house died together. ⁷And all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, and they abandoned their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them. ⁸And the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. ⁹And they stripped him and took away his head and his weapons, and sent throughout the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to their idols and to the people. ¹⁰And they put his weapons in the house of their gods, and his skull they fastened in the house of Dagon. ¹¹And all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, ¹²and all the valiant men arose and took away the corpse of Saul and the corpses of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh; and they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. ¹³So Saul died for his unfaithfulness that he committed against YHWH, because of the word of YHWH that he did not keep, and also for asking by calling up the dead, to consult, ¹⁴and he did not consult YHWH; and he put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.