1The Philistines fought against Israel. The men of Israel ran away from the Philistines and were killed on Mount Gilboa.
2The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons closely. The Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, who were Saul's sons.
3The battle was intense for Saul, and the archers found him. He was deeply troubled by the archers.
4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and stab me with it, so these uncircumcised people don't come and humiliate me." But his armor-bearer refused because he was terrified. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
5When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died.
6So Saul and his three sons died, and everyone in his household died with him.
7When all the Israelites in the valley saw that they had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. The Philistines then came and lived in those cities.
8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead bodies, they found Saul and his sons killed on Mount Gilboa.
9They stripped him, took his head and his armor, and sent them throughout the land of the Philistines to deliver the news to their idols and to the people.
10They put his armor in the temple of their gods and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
11When everyone in Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12all the brave men got up, took the bodies of Saul and his sons, brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak tree in Jabesh. Then they fasted for seven days.
13So Saul died because he was unfaithful to Yahweh. He did not obey Yahweh's word, and he also consulted a medium for guidance.
14and didn't ask Yahweh for guidance. So Yahweh killed him and gave the kingdom to David, Jesse's son.