<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 hard <sn="1692">upon</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7586">Saul</s> and upon his <sn="1121">sons</s>; and the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="5221">slew</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3083">Jonathan</s>, and <sn="41">Abinadab</s>, and <sn="4444">Malchi</s> -shua, <sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="1121">sons</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And the <sn="4421">battle</s> went <sn="3513">sore</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, and the <sn="3384 376">archers</s><sn="4672">hit</s> him; and he was <sn="3966">sore</s><sn="2342">wounded</s> of the <sn="4480 3384">archers</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> unto 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 thrust me <sn="1856">through</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 <sn="3966">sore</s><sn="3372">afraid</s>. Therefore <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">upon</s> his <sn="2719">sword</s>, and <sn="4191">died</s><sn="5973">with</s> him. </v>
<vn='6'>So <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="4191">died</s>, and his <sn="7969">three</s><sn="1121">sons</s>, and his <sn="5375 3627">armorbearer</s>, <sn="1571">and</s><sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="376">men</s>, that <sn="1931">same</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="3162">together</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And when the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="834">that</s> were on the other <sn="5676">side</s> of the <sn="6010">valley</s>, and they <sn="834">that</s> were on the other <sn="5676">side</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>, <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5127">fled</s>, and <sn="3588">that</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> and his <sn="1121">sons</s> were <sn="4191">dead</s>, they <sn="5800">forsook</s><sn="*853"></s> the <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 <sn="2004">them</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> on the <sn="4480 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="7969">three</s><sn="1121">sons</s><sn="5307">fallen</s> in <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="1533">Gilboa</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And they cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="7218">head</s>, and stripped <sn="6584">off</s><sn="*853"></s> 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 <sn="1319">publish</s> it in the <sn="1004">house</s> of their <sn="6091">idols</s>, and <sn="854">among</s> 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 <sn="6252">Ashtaroth</s>: and they <sn="8628">fastened</s> his <sn="1472">body</s> to the <sn="2346">wall</s> of <sn="1052">Beth</s> -shan. </v>
<vn='11'>And when the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3003 1568">Jabesh</s> -gilead <sn="8085 413">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> of that <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> had <sn="6213">done</s> to <sn="7586">Saul</s>; </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3605">All</s> the <sn="2428">valiant</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3915">night</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1472">body</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s> and the <sn="1472">bodies</s> of his <sn="1121">sons</s> from the <sn="4480 2346">wall</s> of <sn="1052">Beth</s> -shan, and <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="3003">Jabesh</s>, and <sn="8313">burnt</s> them <sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And they <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="6106">bones</s>, and <sn="6912">buried</s> them <sn="8478">under</s> a <sn="815">tree</s> at <sn="3003">Jabesh</s>, and <sn="6684">fasted</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3117">days</s>. </v>