1 Chronicles 10

Revised Geneva Translation

10 Then the Philistines fought against Israel. And the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell down dead, on Mount Gilboa.

² And the Philistines pursued after Saul, and after his sons. And the Philistines struck Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

³ And the battle was severe against Saul. And the archers hit him. And he was wounded by the archers.

⁴ Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw out your sword and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and mock me.” But his armor-bearer would not, for he was very afraid. Therefore, Saul took the sword and fell upon it.

⁵ And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon the sword and died.

⁶ So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his House. They died together.

⁷ And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw how they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled away. And the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

⁸ And the next day, when the Philistines came to plunder those who had been killed, they found Saul and his sons lying on Mount Gilboa.

⁹ And after they had stripped him, they took his head and his armor and sent them into the land of the Philistines, all around, to proclaim it to their idols, and to the people.

¹⁰ And they laid up his armor in the house of their god and set up his head in the house of Dagon.

¹¹ When all they of Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

¹² they arose (all the valiant men) and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh and buried their bones under an oak in Jabesh and fasted for seven days.

¹³ So Saul died for his transgressions that he committed against the LORD, against the Word of the LORD, which he did not keep, and because he sought and asked counsel of a medium,

¹⁴ and did not ask of the LORD. Therefore, He killed him and turned the kingdom over to David, the son of Jesse.