Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
And the Philistines pressed hard after Saul and his sons; and the Philistines struck down Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
And the battle was heavy against Saul, and the archers — men with the bow — found him; and he was badly wounded by the archers.
And Saul said to his weapon-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and run me through and make sport of me.” But his weapon-bearer was not willing, for he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.
And his weapon-bearer saw that Saul was dead, and he too fell on his sword, and died with him.
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his weapon-bearer — also all his men, on that day, together.
The Philistines Possess the Towns
And the men of Israel who were across the valley, and who were across the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead; and they abandoned the cities and fled, and the Philistines came and settled in them.
And it was the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
And they cut off his head and stripped off his weapons, and sent them through the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to the house of their idols and to the people.
And they put his weapons in the house of the Ashtaroth; and his body they fastened to the wall of Beth-shan.
Jabesh-gilead’s Tribute to Saul
And the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard about him — what the Philistines had done to Saul.
And every man of valor rose and went all night, and they took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh and burned them there.
And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
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