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When the Philistines had struck down Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, sons of Saul,<a id="ren09031002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en09031002-b">b</a> <span id="v09031003" class="ver">3</span>the fury of the battle converged on Saul. Then the archers hit him, and he was severely wounded. <span id="v09031004" class="ver">4</span>Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through; otherwise these uncircumcised will come and abuse me.” But the armor-bearer, badly frightened, refused, so Saul took his own sword and fell upon it.<a id="ren09031004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en09031004-c">c</a> <span id="v09031005" class="ver">5</span><a id="ren09031005-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en09031005-d">d</a> When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell upon his sword and died with him. <span id="v09031006" class="ver">6</span>Thus Saul, his three sons, and his armor-bearer died together on that same day. <span id="v09031007" class="ver">7</span>When the Israelites on the slope of the valley and those along the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. Then the Philistines came and lived in those cities.</p> <p><span id="v09031008" class="ver">8</span>On the following day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. <span id="v09031009" class="ver">9</span>They cut off Saul’s head and stripped him of his armor; these they sent throughout the land of the Philistines to bring the good news to the temple of their idols and to the people.<a id="ren09031009-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en09031009-e">e</a> <span id="v09031010" class="ver">10</span>They put his armor in the temple of Astarte but impaled his body on the wall of Beth-shan.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Burial of Saul.</span> <span id="v09031011" class="ver">11</span><a id="ren09031011-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en09031011-f">f</a> When the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, <span id="v09031012" class="ver">12</span>all their warriors set out and traveled through the night; they removed the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and, returning to Jabesh, burned them.<a id="rfn09031012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn09031012-1">*</a> <span id="v09031013" class="ver">13</span>Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted for seven days.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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