<vn='1'>Now the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="3898">fought</s> against <sn="3478">Israel</s>; and the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5127">fled</s> from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, and fell <sn="5307">down</s><sn="2491">slain</s> in <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="1533">Gilboa</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> followed <sn="1692">hard</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, and <sn="310">after</s> his <sn="1121">sons</s>; and the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="5221">slew</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3129">Jonathan</s>, and <sn="41">Abinadab</s>, and <sn="4444">Malchi</s> -shua, the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And the <sn="4421">battle</s> went <sn="3513">sore</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, and the <sn="3384 7198">archers</s><sn="4672">hit</s> him, and he was <sn="2342">wounded</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="3384">archers</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="413">to</s> his <sn="5375 3627">armorbearer</s>, <sn="8025">Draw</s> thy <sn="2719">sword</s>, and thrust me <sn="1856">through</s> therewith; <sn="6435">lest</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="6189">uncircumcised</s><sn="935">come</s> and <sn="5953">abuse</s> me. But his <sn="5375 3627">armorbearer</s><sn="14">would</s><sn="3808">not</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> he was sore <sn="3372 3966">afraid</s>. So <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="2719">sword</s>, and <sn="5307">fell</s><sn="5921">upon</s> it. </v>
<vn='5'>And when his <sn="5375 3627">armorbearer</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> was <sn="4191">dead</s>, <sn="1931">he</s><sn="5307">fell</s><sn="1571">likewise</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s>, and <sn="4191">died</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>So <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="4191">died</s>, and his <sn="7969">three</s><sn="1121">sons</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="1004">house</s><sn="4191">died</s><sn="3162">together</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And when <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="834">that</s> were in the <sn="6010">valley</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> they <sn="5127">fled</s>, and <sn="3588">that</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> and his <sn="1121">sons</s> were <sn="4191">dead</s>, then they <sn="5800">forsook</s> their <sn="5892">cities</s>, and <sn="5127">fled</s>: and the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="935">came</s> and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in them. </v>
<vn='8'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s><sn="4480">on</s> the <sn="4283">morrow</s>, when the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="935">came</s> to <sn="6584">strip</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2491">slain</s>, that they <sn="4672">found</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7586">Saul</s> and his <sn="1121">sons</s><sn="5307">fallen</s> in <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="1533">Gilboa</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And when they had <sn="6584">stripped</s> him, they <sn="5375">took</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="7218">head</s>, and his <sn="3627">armor</s>, and <sn="7971">sent</s> into the <sn="776">land</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> round <sn="5439">about</s>, to carry <sn="1319">tidings</s><sn="*853"></s> unto their <sn="6091">idols</s>, and to the <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And they <sn="7760">put</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3627">armor</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of their <sn="430">gods</s>, and <sn="8628">fastened</s> his <sn="1538">head</s> in the <sn="1004">temple</s> of <sn="1712">Dagon</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And when <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3003 1568">Jabesh</s> -gilead <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> had <sn="6213">done</s> to <sn="7586">Saul</s>, </v>
<vn='12'>They <sn="6965">arose</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2428">valiant</s><sn="376">men</s>, and took <sn="5375">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1480">body</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>, and the <sn="1480">bodies</s> of his <sn="1121">sons</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> them to <sn="3003">Jabesh</s>, and <sn="6912">buried</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="6106">bones</s><sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="424">oak</s> in <sn="3003">Jabesh</s>, and <sn="6684">fasted</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>So <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="4191">died</s> for his <sn="4604">transgression</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="4603">committed</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, even <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="8104">kept</s><sn="3808">not</s>, and <sn="1571">also</s> for <sn="7592">asking</s> counsel of one that had a familiar <sn="178">spirit</s>, to <sn="1875">inquire</s> of it; </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="1875">inquired</s><sn="3808">not</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: therefore he <sn="4191">slew</s> him, and <sn="5437">turned</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4410">kingdom</s> unto <sn="1732">David</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3448">Jesse</s>. </v>