1 Samuel 31 (NET)

1 Samuel 31:1¹Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. The men of Israel fled from the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

1 Samuel 31:2²The Philistines stayed right on the heels of Saul and his sons. They struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

1 Samuel 31:3³Saul himself was in the thick of the battle; the archers spotted him and wounded him severely.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

1 Samuel 31:4⁴Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come, stab me, and torture me.” But his armor-bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

1 Samuel 31:5⁵When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

1 Samuel 31:6⁶So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

1 Samuel 31:7⁷When the men of Israel who were in the valley and across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

1 Samuel 31:8⁸The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his three sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

1 Samuel 31:9⁹They cut off Saul’s head and stripped him of his armor. They sent messengers to announce the news in the temple of their idols and among their people throughout the surrounding land of the Philistines.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

1 Samuel 31:10¹⁰They placed Saul’s armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his corpse on the city wall of Beth Shan.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

1 Samuel 31:11¹¹When the residents of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

1 Samuel 31:12¹²all their warriors set out and traveled throughout the night. They took Saul’s corpse and the corpses of his sons from the city wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

1 Samuel 31:13¹³They took the bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh; then they fasted for seven days.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s