1 Chronicles 10:1-7 ▼

1 And the Philistines have fought with Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in Mount Gilboa,

2 and the Philistines pursue after Saul, and after his sons, and the Philistines strike Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-Shua, sons of Saul.

3 And the battle [is] heavy on Saul, and those shooting with the bow find him, and he is wounded by those shooting,

4 and Saul says to the bearer of his weapons, “Draw your sword and pierce me with it, lest these uncircumcised come and have abused me.” And the bearer of his weapons has not been willing, for he fears exceedingly, and Saul takes the sword, and falls on it;

5 and the bearer of his weapons sees that Saul [is] dead, and falls, he also, on the sword, and dies;

6 and Saul dies, and his three sons, and all his house—they died together.

7 And all the men of Israel who [are] in the valley see that they have fled and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake their cities and flee, and the Philistines come and dwell in them.