The First Book of The Chronicles

1Ch 10:1 Now the Phi-lis´-tines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Phi-lis´-tines, and fell down slain in mount Gil-bo´a.

1Ch 10:2 And the Phi-lis´-tines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Phi-lis´-tines slew Jonathan, and A-bin´-a-dab, and Mal´-chi–shu´a, the sons of Saul.

1Ch 10:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.

1Ch 10:4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

1Ch 10:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.

1Ch 10:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.

1Ch 10:7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Phi-lis´-tines came and dwelt in them.

1Ch 10:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Phi-lis´-tines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gil-bo´-a.

1Ch 10:9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Phi-lis´tines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.

1Ch 10:10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Da´-gon.

1Ch 10:11 And when all Ja´-besh–gil´-ead heard all that the Phi-lis´-tines had done to Saul,

1Ch 10:12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Ja´-besh, and buried their bones under the oak in Ja´-besh, and fasted seven days.

1Ch 10:13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;

1Ch 10:14 And enquired not of the Lord: therefore He slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.