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          DASV: 1 Samuel 31

1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of
Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain
on mount Gilboa.
2 The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and the Philistines
killed Saul's sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchi-shua.
3 The battle was fierce around Saul, and the archers caught
up with him; and he was badly wounded by the archers.

4 Then said Saul to his armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust
me through with it, so that these uncircumcised won't come,
thrust me through and torture me. But his armor bearer would
not; for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword,
and fell on it.
5 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell
on his sword and died with him.
6 So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer and all his men
died together that same day.

7 When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley,
on the other side of the Jordan River, saw that the men of Israel
fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their
town and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.
8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain,
they found Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa.
9 They cut off his head, and stripped off his armor. They
sent messengers around the land of the Philistines to announce
the news in the temple of their idols, and among the people.
10 Then they put his armor in the house of the Ashtareths;
and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
11 When the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what had happened
to him and what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took
down the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the
wall of Beth-shan. They returned to Jabesh, and burned
them there.
13 They took their bones, and buried them under the
tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

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