Now the Philistines fought against Israel , and the men of Israel fled before them , and (many) fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
The Philistines - followed hard after Saul - and his sons , and they killed ... - Saul’s sons Jonathan , - Abinadab , and - Malchishua.
When the battle intensified against Saul , the archers ... ... overtook him - and wounded him critically.
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer ... , “ Draw your sword and run it through me or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture But his armor-bearer ... - was terrified ... and refused to do it. So Saul - took his own sword and fell on it.
When his armor-bearer ... saw that Saul was dead , he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
So Saul , his three sons , his armor-bearer ... , and all his men died together that same day.
When the Israelites ... - along the valley - and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died , they abandoned - their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied
- The next day , when the Philistines came to strip - the dead , they found - Saul - and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
They cut off - Saul’s head , stripped off - his armor , and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines ... to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols - and among their people.
They put - his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths - and hung his body on the wall vvv of Beth-shan.
When the people of Jabesh-gilead ... - heard ... what the Philistines had done to Saul ,
all their men of valor set out , journeyed all night , and retrieved - the bodies of Saul - (and) his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh , they burned - the bodies there.
Then they took - their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh , and they fasted seven days.