1Ch 10:1-7 | ESV | STEP | Now the Philistines fought against Israel , and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa .

1 Chronicles 10:1-7

The Death of Saul and His Sons

1 ^aNow the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. 2 And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and the Philistines struck down Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. 3 The battle pressed hard against Saul, and the archers found him, and he was wounded by the archers. 4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and mistreat me.” But his armor-bearer would not, for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it. 5 And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died. 6 Thus Saul died; he and his three sons and all his house died together. 7 And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the army ^{▼▼Hebrew they} had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled, and the Philistines came and lived in them.