I Chronicles Chapter 10

I Chronicles Chapter 10
1 Then the Philistines fought against
Israel: and the men of Israel fled before
the Philistines, and fell down slain in
mount Gilboa.
2 And the Philistines pursued after Saul
and after his sons, and the Philistines
smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and
Malchishua the sons of Saul.
3 And the battle was sore against Saul;
and the archers hit him, and he was
wounded of the archers.
4 Then said Saul to his armor bearer,
Draw out thy sword, and thrust me
through there with, lest these
uncircumcised come and mock at me: but
his armor bearer would not, for he was
sore afraid: therefore Saul took the
sword and fell upon it.
5 And when his armor bearer saw that
Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon the
sword, and died.
6 So Saul died and his three sons, and
all his house, they died together. 7 And
when all the men of Israel that were in
the valley, saw how they fled, and that
Saul and his sons were dead, they
forsook their cities, and fled away, and
the Philistines came, and dwelt in them.
8 And on the morrow when the
Philistines came to spoil them that were
slain, they found Saul and his sons lying
in mount Gilboa.
9 And when they had stripped him, they
took his head and his armor, and sent
them into the land of the Philistines
round about, to publish it unto their
idols, and to the people.
10 And they laid up his armor in the
house of their god, and set up his head in
the house of Dagon.
11 When all they of Jabesh Gilead heard
all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 Then they arose (all the valiant men)
and took the body of Saul, and the
bodies of his sons, and brought them to
Jabesh, and buried the bones of them
under an oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven
days.
13 So Saul died for his transgression,
that he committed against the Lord, even
against the word of the Lord, which he
kept not, and in that he sought and asked
counsel of a familiar spirit,
14 And asked not of the Lord: therefore
he slew him, and turned the kingdom
unto David the son of Jesse.