Saul’s Overthrow and Death

(2 Samuel 1:1–16, 1 Chronicles 10:1–6)

Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and [many] fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

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The Philistines hotly pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and vvv Malchishua. 3 When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.

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Then Saul said to his armor-bearer“Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!”

But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.

6 

So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer and all his men died together that same day.

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