⁵ When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword and died. ^6 (A)Thus Saul died with his three sons, and all those of his house died together.

⁷ When all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.