1 Samuel31

The Philistines decisively defeated Israel on Mount Gilboa, resulting in the deaths of King Saul and his three sons, including Jonathan. Gravely wounded by archers, Saul chose to fall upon his own sword to avoid capture and abuse. Following the battle, the Philistines desecrated Saul's body, but the valiant men of Jabesh-Gilead retrieved and honorably buried the remains of Saul and his sons.

Israel Defeated; Saul and Sons Fall

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Now the Philistims fought against Israel, and the me of Israel fled away from ye Philistims, and they fell downe wounded in mount Gilboa.
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And the Philistims preassed sore vpon Saul and his sonnes, and slewe Ionathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua Sauls sonnes.
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And when the battel went sore against Saul, the archers and bowmen hit him, and hee was sore wounded of the archers.
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Then saide Saul vnto his armour bearer, Drawe out thy sworde, and thrust mee through therewith, lest the vncircumcised come and thrust me through and mocke me: but his armour bearer would not, for hee was sore afraid. Therefore Saul tooke a sworde and fell vpon it.
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And when his armour bearer sawe that Saul was dead, he fell likewise vpon his sword, and dyed with him.
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So Saul dyed, and his three sonnes, and his armour bearer, and all his men that same day together.
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And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they of the other side Iorden saw that the men of Israel were put to flight, and that Saul and his sonnes were dead, then they left the cities, and ran away: and the Philistims came and dwelt in them.

The Philistines Desecrate the Bodies

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And on the morowe when the Philistims were come to spoyle them that were slaine, they founde Saul and his three sonnes lying in mount Gilboa,
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And they cut off his head, and stripped him out of his armour, and sent into the land of ye Philistims on euery side, that they should publish it in the temple of their idoles, and among the people.
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And they layed vp his armour in the house of Ashtaroth, but they hanged vp his body on the wall of Beth-shan.

The Burial by Jabesh-Gilead

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When the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead heard, what the Philistims had done to Saul,
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Then they arose (as many as were strong men) and went all night, and tooke the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sonnes, from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Iabesh, and burnt them there,
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And tooke their bones and buried them vnder a tree at Iabesh, and fasted seuen dayes.
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