31:1 Nowe
the
Philistines
fought
against
Israel:
and
the
men
of
Israel
fled
from
before
the
Philistines,
and
fell
downe
slaine
in
mount
Gilboa.
31:2 And
the
Philistines
followed
hard
vpon
Saul,
and
vpon
his
sonnes,
and
the
Philistines
slewe
Ionathan,
and
Abinadab,
and
Malchishua,
Sauls
sonnes.
31:3 And
the
battell
went
sore
against
Saul,
and
the
archers
hit
him,
and
he
was
sore
wounded
of
the
archers.
31:4 Then
said
Saul
vnto
his
armour
bearer,
Draw
thy
sword,
and
thrust
me
through
therewith,
lest
these
vncircumcised
come
and
thrust
me
through,
and
abuse
mee.
But
his
armour
bearer
would
not,
for
he
was
sore
afraid:
therfore
Saul
tooke
a
sword,
&
fell
vpon
it.
31:5 And
when
his
armour
bearer
saw
that
Saul
was
dead,
he
fell
likewise
vpon
his
sword,
and
died
with
him.
31:6 So
Saul
died,
and
his
three
sons,
and
his
armour
bearer,
and
all
his
men
that
same
day
together.
31:7 And
when
the
men
of
Israel
that
were
on
the
other
side
of
the
valley,
and
they
that
were
on
the
other
side
Iordane,
saw
that
the
men
of
Israel
fled,
and
that
Saul
and
his
sonnes
were
dead,
they
forsooke
the
cities
and
fled,
and
the
Philistines
came
and
dwelt
in
them.
31:8 And
it
came
to
passe
on
the
morrow
when
the
Philistines
came
to
strip
the
slaine,
that
they
found
Saul,
and
his
three
sons
fallen
in
mount
Gilboa.
31:9 And
they
cut
off
his
head,
and
stripped
off
his
armour,
and
sent
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines
round
about
to
publish
it
in
the
house
of
their
idoles,
and
among
the
people.
31:10 And
they
put
his
armour
in
the
house
of
Ashtaroth:
and
they
fastened
his
body
to
the
wall
of
Bethshan.
31:11 And
when
the
inhabitants
of
Iabesh
Gilead
heard
of
that
which
the
Philistines
had
done
to
Saul:
31:12 All
the
valiant
men
arose,
and
went
all
night,
and
tooke
the
body
of
Saul,
and
the
bodies
of
his
sonnes
from
the
wall
of
Bethshan,
and
came
to
Iabesh,
and
burnt
them
there.
31:13 And
they
tooke
their
bones,
and
buried
them
vnder
a
tree
at
Iabesh,
and
fasted
seuen
dayes.