1 Samuel 31

Now the Philistines were fighting with Israel, and the men of Israel fled from the face of the Philistines, and they fell pierced on Mount Gilboa.

And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons. And the Philistines struck Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi Shua, the sons of Saul.

And the battle was heavy against Saul. And the shooters, the men with the bow, found him. And he writhed greatly from the shooters. \*

And Saul said to the carrier of his equipment, “Draw your sword and stab me with it, lest these uncircumcised {ones} come and stab me and abuse me.” But the carrier of his equipment was not willing, for he feared greatly. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

And the carrier of his equipment saw that Saul had died, so he fell, he also, on his sword, and he died with him. \*

So Saul and three of his sons and the carrier of his equipment, even all of his men, died together on that day.

And the men of Israel who {were} on the other side of the valley and who {were} on the other side of the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died. And they abandoned their cities and fled. And the Philistines came and dwelled in them. \*

And it happened on the next day that the Philistines came to strip the pierced. And they found Saul and the three of his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

And they cut off his head and stripped off his equipment. And they sent into the land of the Philistines all around to announce {to} the house of their idols and {to} the people. \*

And they put his equipment in the house of the Ashtoreths, and they fastened his corpse on the wall of Beth Shan.

And the dwellers of Jabesh Gilead heard about it, what the Philistines had done to Saul. \*

And all of the men of valor arose and went all of the night and took the corpse of Saul and the corpses of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan. And they came {to} Jabesh, and they burned them there.

And they took their bones and buried {them} under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh. And they fasted seven days.