⁶ So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer and all his men died^(A) together that same day.

A Common Destiny for All

9 So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.^{(A) 2} All share a common destiny—the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad,^[a] the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not.

⁶ So Saul and his three sons died, and all his house died together.

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

²⁵ Yet if you persist^(A) in doing evil, both you and your king^(B) will perish.”^(C)

¹⁷ Is it not wheat harvest^(A) now? I will call^(B) on the Lord to send thunder^(C) and rain.^(D) And you will realize what an evil^(E) thing you did in the eyes of the Lord when you asked for a king.”

¹⁵ So all the people went to Gilgal^(A) and made Saul king^(B) in the presence of the Lord. There they sacrificed fellowship offerings before the Lord, and Saul and all the Israelites held a great celebration.

¹⁰ So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated^(A) and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers. ¹¹ The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.^(B)