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When that part of the army[a] of Israel that was in the valley saw that the rest of the[b] army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled, and the Philistines came and occupied them.

The Philistines Desecrate Saul’s Body(A)

The Philistines came to strip the dead the next day, and they found Saul dead on Gilboa mountain, along with his sons. They stripped him, took his head and armor, and sent messengers throughout the territory of the Philistines to report the news to their idols and to the people.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 10:7 Lit. man
  2. 1 Chronicles 10:7 The Heb. lacks rest of the