UST 1 CHR Chapter 10

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10 The Philistine army was fighting against the Israelite army. The Israelites ran away from them to Mount Gilboa. But the Philistines killed many of them there. 2 The Philistines chased after Saul and the three of his sons who were fighting with him. They killed all three of them, Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi Shua. 3 The fighting became very fierce around Saul. The Philistine archers realized that he was the king of Israel, so they aimed many arrows at him and wounded him badly.

4 Saul told the man who was carrying his weapons, “Take out your sword and kill me with it! That way these pagan Philistines will not come and kill me slowly and make fun of me while I am dying.” But the man who was carrying Saul’s weapons was too afraid to do that. So Saul took out his own sword and threw himself on it, and that killed him.

5 When the man carrying his weapons saw that Saul had died, he also threw himself on his own sword. He died next to Saul. 6 So Saul and three of his sons who could have been king after him all died.

7 The Israelite people who lived in the area north of the Valley of Jezreel learned that the Israelite army had run away and that Saul and his sons had died. They knew that no one would now defend them from the Philistines, so they left their homes and ran away. Then the Philistines came and occupied the cities and towns in that area.

8 The day after the battle, the Philistine soldiers returned to take the weapons, armor, and clothing from the Israelite soldiers whom they had killed. They found the bodies of Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa. 9 They took off Saul’s armor, and they cut off his head and took it away with his weapons. Then they sent messengers throughout their land to proclaim the news of their victory in the temples where they worshiped their idols and publicly among the people. 10 They put Saul’s weapons in the temple of their gods. They also hung his head on the wall of the temple of Dagon.

11 The people of the city of Jabesh in the region of Gilead learned what the Philistines had done to Saul. 12 All their bravest soldiers marched to Beth Shan, where the Philistines had displayed the bodies of Saul and his sons. They brought their bodies back to Jabesh and burned them there. Then they took the bones and buried them under a great oak tree in Jabesh. Then, to show how sad they were, they ate very little food for seven days.

13 Saul died because he did not obey Yahweh. Yahweh told him to do something, but he did not do it. Also, when Saul wanted to know what to do, he went to a woman who tried to talk to the spirits of dead people. 14 Instead, he should have asked Yahweh what to do. So Yahweh caused him to die, and he appointed David son of Jesse to be the next king of Israel.

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UST 1 CHR Chapter 10

UST 1 CHR Chapter 10