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1. The Philistines fought against Israel, and Israel's men fled from them and were killed on Mount Gilboa.
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1. Now the Philistines H6430 fought H3898 against Israel H3478 ; and the men H376 of Israel H3478 fled H5127 from before H4480 H6440 the Philistines H6430 , and fell down H5307 slain H2491 in mount H2022 Gilboa H1533 .
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2. The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons and killed Saul's sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
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2. And the Philistines H6430 followed hard H1692 after H310 Saul H7586 , and after H310 his sons H1121 ; and the Philistines H6430 slew H5221 H853 Jonathan H3129 , and Abinadab H41 , and Malchi H4444 -shua , the sons H1121 of Saul H7586 .
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3. When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers found him and severely wounded him.
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3. And the battle H4421 went sore H3513 against H5921 Saul H7586 , and the archers H3384 H7198 hit H4672 him , and he was wounded H2342 of H4480 the archers H3384 .
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4. Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!" But his armor-bearer wouldn't do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.
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4. Then said H559 Saul H7586 to H413 his armorbearer H5375 H3627 , Draw H8025 thy sword H2719 , and thrust me through H1856 therewith; lest H6435 these H428 uncircumcised H6189 come H935 and abuse H5953 me . But his armorbearer H5375 H3627 would H14 not H3808 ; for H3588 he was sore afraid H3372 H3966 . So Saul H7586 took H3947 H853 a sword H2719 , and fell H5307 upon H5921 it.
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5. When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died.
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5. And when his armorbearer H5375 H3627 saw H7200 that H3588 Saul H7586 was dead H4191 , he H1931 fell H5307 likewise H1571 on H5921 the sword H2719 , and died H4191 .
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6. So Saul and his three sons died-- his whole house died together.
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6. So Saul H7586 died H4191 , and his three H7969 sons H1121 , and all H3605 his house H1004 died H4191 together H3162 .
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7. When all the men of Israel in the valley saw that the army had run away and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. So the Philistines came and settled in them.
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7. And when all H3605 the men H376 of Israel H3478 that H834 were in the valley H6010 saw H7200 that H3588 they fled H5127 , and that H3588 Saul H7586 and his sons H1121 were dead H4191 , then they forsook H5800 their cities H5892 , and fled H5127 : and the Philistines H6430 came H935 and dwelt H3427 in them.
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8. The next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his sons dead on Mount Gilboa.
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8. And it came to pass H1961 on H4480 the morrow H4283 , when the Philistines H6430 came H935 to strip H6584 H853 the slain H2491 , that they found H4672 H853 Saul H7586 and his sons H1121 fallen H5307 in mount H2022 Gilboa H1533 .
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9. They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to spread the good news to their idols and their people.
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9. And when they had stripped H6584 him , they took H5375 H853 his head H7218 , and his armor H3627 , and sent H7971 into the land H776 of the Philistines H6430 round about H5439 , to carry tidings H1319 H853 unto their idols H6091 , and to the people H5971 .
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10. Then they put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his skull in the temple of Dagon.
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10. And they put H7760 H853 his armor H3627 in the house H1004 of their gods H430 , and fastened H8628 his head H1538 in the temple H1004 of Dagon H1712 .
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11. When all Jabesh-gilead heard of everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
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11. And when all H3605 Jabesh H3003 H1568 -gilead heard H8085 H853 all H3605 that H834 the Philistines H6430 had done H6213 to Saul H7586 ,
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12. all their brave men set out and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
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12. They arose H6965 , all H3605 the valiant H2428 men H376 , and took away H5375 H853 the body H1480 of Saul H7586 , and the bodies H1480 of his sons H1121 , and brought H935 them to Jabesh H3003 , and buried H6912 H853 their bones H6106 under H8478 the oak H424 in Jabesh H3003 , and fasted H6684 seven H7651 days H3117 .
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13. Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD because he did not keep the LORD's word. He even consulted a medium for guidance,
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13. So Saul H7586 died H4191 for his transgression H4604 which H834 he committed H4603 against the LORD H3068 , even against H5921 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , which H834 he kept H8104 not H3808 , and also H1571 for asking H7592 counsel of one that had a familiar spirit H178 , to inquire H1875 of it ;
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14. but he did not inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
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14. And inquired H1875 not H3808 of the LORD H3068 : therefore he slew H4191 him , and turned H5437 H853 the kingdom H4410 unto David H1732 the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 .
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