⁶ Thus Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.

Death Comes to All

9 But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, ^(A)how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are ^(B)in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him. ^2 (C)It is the same for all, since ^(D)the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil,^[a] to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who ^(E)swears is as he who shuns an oath.

⁶ Thus Saul died; he and his three sons and all his house died together.

¹⁹ Moreover, the Lord will give Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you ^(A)and your sons shall be with me. The Lord will give the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.”

²⁵ But if you still do wickedly, ^(A)you shall be swept away, ^(B)both you and your king.”

^17 (A)Is it not wheat harvest today? ^(B)I will call upon the Lord, that he may send thunder and rain. And you shall know and see that ^(C)your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking for yourselves a king.”

¹⁵ So all the people went to ^(A)Gilgal, and there they made Saul king ^(B)before the Lord in Gilgal. There ^(C)they sacrificed peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

¹⁰ So the Philistines fought, ^(A)and Israel was defeated, ^(B)and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. ^11 (C)And the ark of God was captured, ^(D)and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.