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The Philistines assembled and came and encamped at Shunem. Saul gathered all Israel, and they encamped at Gilboa.(A)

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The Death of Saul and His Sons

31 Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines, and many fell[a] on Mount Gilboa.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 31.1 Heb and they fell slain

18 Its territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

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Elisha Raises the Shunammite’s Son

One day Elisha was passing through Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to have a meal. So whenever he passed that way, he would stop there for a meal.(A)

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12 David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the people of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hung them up, on the day the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa.(A)

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21 You mountains of Gilboa,
    let there be no dew or rain upon you
    nor bounteous fields![a]
For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,
    the shield of Saul, anointed with oil no more.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.21 Meaning of Heb uncertain

The young man reporting to him said, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear, while the chariots and the horsemen drew close to him.(A)

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