1Ch 10 | EngLXX | STEP | Now the Philistines warred against Israel; and they fled from before the Philistines, andfell down slain in mount Gelbue.

1 Chronicles 10

1 Now the Philistines warred against Israel; and they fled from before the Philistines, andfell down slain in mount Gelbue. 2 And the Philistines pursued after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines struckJonathan, and Aminadab, and Melchisue, sons of Saul. 3 And the battle prevailed against Saul, and the archers hit him with bows and arrows, andthey were wounded of the bows. 4 And Saul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword, and pierce me through with it, lestthese uncircumcised come and mock me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid: so Saultook a sword, and fell upon it. 5 And his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, and he also fell upon his sword. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons on that day, and all his family died at the same time. 7 And all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that Israel fled, and that Sauland his sons were dead, and they left their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and lived in them. 8 And it came to pass on the nextday that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his sons fallen onmount Gelbue. 9 And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent them into the land ofthe Philistines round about, to proclaim the glad tidings to their idols, and to the people. 10 And they put their armor in the house of their god, and they put his head in the houseof Dagon. 11 And all the dwellers in Galaad heard of all that the Philistines had done to Saul andto Israel. 12 And all the mighty men rose up from Galaad, and they took the body of Saul, and the bodiesof his sons, and brought them to Jabis, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabis, and fasted sevendays. 13 So Saul died for his transgressions, wherein he transgressed against God, against theword of the Lord, forasmuch as he keptit not, because Saul enquired of a wizard to seekcounsel, and Samuel the prophet answered him: 14 and he sought not the Lord: so he killed him, and turned the kingdom to David the sonof Jesse.