Then the young man who told him said, “As I happened by chance to be on (A)Mount Gilboa, there was (B)Saul, leaning on his spear; and indeed the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

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Then the Philistines gathered together, and came and encamped at (A)Shunem. So Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped at (B)Gilboa.

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31 Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, (A)he passed by on the other side.

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Then Saul said to his armorbearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised men come and abuse me.” But his armorbearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and fell on it. And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died. So Saul and his three sons died, and all his house died together.

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21 “O (A)mountains of Gilboa,
(B)Let there be no dew nor rain upon you,
Nor fields of offerings.
For the shield of the mighty is [a]cast away there!
The shield of Saul, not (C)anointed with oil.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:21 Lit. defiled

The Tragic End of Saul and His Sons(A)

31 Now (B)the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount (C)Gilboa. Then the Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed (D)Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul’s sons. (E)The battle became fierce against Saul. The archers [a]hit him, and he was severely wounded by the archers.

(F)Then Saul said to his armorbearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest (G)these uncircumcised men come and thrust me through and [b]abuse me.”

But his armorbearer would not, (H)for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and (I)fell on it. And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword, and died with him. So Saul, his three sons, his armorbearer, and all his men died together that same day.

And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were on the other side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

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  1. 1 Samuel 31:3 Lit. found him
  2. 1 Samuel 31:4 torture

And watch: if it goes up the road to its own territory, to (A)Beth Shemesh, then He has done [a]us this great evil. But if not, then (B)we shall know that it is not His hand that struck us—it happened to us by chance.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 6:9 this calamity to us

Then she left, and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

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