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1 Now the P'lishtim pressed their attack on Isra'el; and the men of Isra'el fled before the P'lishtim, leaving their dead on Mount Gilboa.
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Now the Philistines attacked Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them. Many were slaughtered on the slopes of Mount Gilboa.
2 The P'lishtim pursued Sha'ul; overtook him and his sons; and the P'lishtim killed Y'honatan, Avinadav and Malkishua, the sons of Sha'ul.
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The Philistines closed in on Saul and his sons, and they killed three of his sons—Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malkishua.
3 The fighting went hard against Sha'ul; then the archers overtook and wounded him, so that he was in agony.
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The fighting grew very fierce around Saul, and the Philistine archers caught up with him and wounded him.
4 Sha'ul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through with it. Otherwise, these uncircumcised men will come and make sport of me." But his armor-bearer refused; he was too frightened. So Sha'ul took his sword and fell on it.
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Saul groaned to his armor bearer, “Take your sword and kill me before these pagan Philistines come to taunt and torture me.” But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
5 When his armor-bearer saw that Sha'ul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.
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When his armor bearer realized that Saul was dead, he fell on his own sword and died.
6 Thus Sha'ul, his three sons and all his household died together.
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So Saul and his three sons died there together, bringing his dynasty to an end.
7 When all the men of Isra'el who were in the valley saw them fleeing and that Sha'ul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled; then the P'lishtim came and lived in them.
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When all the Israelites in the Jezreel Valley saw that their army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled. So the Philistines moved in and occupied their towns.
8 The following day, when the P'lishtim came to strip the dead, they found Sha'ul and his sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa.
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The next day, when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found the bodies of Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa.
9 They stripped him, then took his head and his armor and sent them all over the territory of the P'lishtim to carry the news to their idols and to the people.
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So they stripped off Saul’s armor and cut off his head. Then they proclaimed the good news of Saul’s death before their idols and to the people throughout the land of Philistia.
10 They put his armor in the temple of their gods and fastened his skull to the temple of Dagon.
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They placed his armor in the temple of their gods, and they fastened his head to the temple of Dagon.
11 When everyone in Yavesh-Gil'ad heard all that the P'lishtim had done to Sha'ul,
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But when everyone in Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 all their warriors set out, took away the body of Sha'ul and the bodies of his sons, brought them to Yavesh, buried their bones under the pistachio tree in Yavesh and fasted seven days.
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all their mighty warriors brought the bodies of Saul and his sons back to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones beneath the great tree at Jabesh, and they fasted for seven days.
13 So Sha'ul died for the transgression he committed against ADONAI, because of the word of ADONAI that he did not keep and because he sought the counsel of a spirit
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So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD . He failed to obey the LORD ’s command, and he even consulted a medium
14 instead of consulting ADONAI. Therefore ADONAI put him to death and turned the rulership over to David the son of Yishai.
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instead of asking the LORD for guidance. So the LORD killed him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
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