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1 - And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa,

2 - and the Philistines follow Saul and his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, sons of Saul.

3 - And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him--men with bow--and he is pained greatly by the archers;

4 - and Saul saith to the bearer of his weapons, `Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come--these uncircumcised--and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me;' and the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it.

5 - And the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul <FI>is<Fi> dead, and he falleth--he also--on his sword, and dieth with him;

6 - and Saul dieth, and three of his sons, and the bearer of his weapons, also all his men, on that day together.

7 - And they see--the men of Israel, who <FI>are<Fi> beyond the valley, and who <FI>are<Fi> beyond the Jordan--that the men of Israel have fled, and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake the cities and flee, and Philistines come in, and dwell in them.

8 - And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa,

9 - and they cut off his head, and strip off his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim tidings <FI>in<Fi> the house of their idols, and <FI>among<Fi> the people;

10 - and they place his weapons <FI>in<Fi> the house of Ashtaroth, and his body they have fixed on the wall of Beth-Shan.

11 - And they hear regarding it--the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead--that which the Philistines have done to Saul,

12 - and all the men of valour arise, and go all the night, and take the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth-Shan, and come in to Jabesh, and burn them there,

13 - and they take their bones, and bury <FI>them<Fi> under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fast seven days.