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1 Chronicles chapter 10
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The went to war against Israel, and the men of Israel ran from the Philistines and fell dead on .The Philistines closed in on and his sons, and the Philistines killed , Abinadab, and Malchi-shua—Saul’s sons.The battle pressed hard against Saul, and the found him and wounded him.Saul told his , “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these men will come and me.” But his armor-bearer wouldn’t do it—he was too terrified. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died.So Saul died—he and his three sons and . They all died together.When all the men of Israel in saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and ran. Then the Philistines came and occupied them.The next day, when the Philistines came to , they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.They stripped him, took his head and his armor, and sent word throughout the land of the Philistines to spread the news to their and to the people.They put his armor in the temple of their gods and fastened his head in the temple of .When everyone in heard everything the Philistines had done to Saul,all their warriors went and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons. They brought them to Jabesh, buried their bones under in Jabesh, and for seven days.Saul died because of his —he was unfaithful to Yahweh. He did not keep Yahweh’s word, and he even to seek guidance,instead of from Yahweh. So Yahweh put him to death and to .