The Death of Saul and His Sons

31 The Philistines fought against Israel,(A) and Israel’s men fled from them and were killed on Mount Gilboa.(B) The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons and killed his sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua. When the battle intensified against Saul,(C) the archers found him and severely wounded him.[a] Then Saul said to his armor-bearer,(D) “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men(E) will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.(F) When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.

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Footnotes

  1. 31:3 LXX reads and he was wounded under the ribs

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