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Now the PhilistinesH6430 foughtH3898 againstH5921 Israel;H3478 and the menH376 of IsraelH3478 fledH5127 from beforeH6440 the Philistines,H6430 and fellH5307 down slainH2491 in mountH2022 Gilboa.H1533
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And the PhilistinesH6430 followedH1692 hardH5221 afterH310 Saul,H7586 and afterH310 his sons;H1121 and the PhilistinesH6430 slewH5221 Jonathan,H3129 and Abinadab,H41 and Malchishua,H4444 the sonsH1121 of Saul.H7586
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And the battleH4421 went soreH3513 againstH5921 Saul,H7586 and the archersH3384 H7198 hitH4672 him, and he was woundedH2342 of the archers.H3384
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Then saidH559 SaulH7586 to his armor bearer,H5375 H3627 DrawH8025 your sword,H2719 and thrustH1856 me through therewith; lestH6435 theseH428 uncircumcisedH6189 comeH935 and abuseH5953 me. But his armor bearerH5375 H3627 wouldH14 not; for he was soreH3966 afraid.H3372 So SaulH7586 tookH3947 a sword,H2719 and fellH5307 on it.
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And when his armor bearerH5375 H3627 sawH7200 that SaulH7586 was dead,H4191 he fellH5307 likewiseH1571 onH5921 the sword,H2719 and died.H4191
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So SaulH7586 died,H4191 and his threeH7969 sons,H1121 and allH3605 his houseH1004 diedH4191 together.H3162
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And when allH3605 the menH376 of IsraelH3478 that were in the valleyH6010 sawH7200 that they fled,H5127 and that SaulH7586 and his sonsH1121 were dead,H4191 then they forsookH5800 their cities,H5892 and fled:H5127 and the PhilistinesH6430 cameH935 and dwelledH3427 in them.
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And it cameH1961 to pass on the morrow,H4283 when the PhilistinesH6430 cameH935 to stripH6584 the slain,H2491 that they foundH4672 SaulH7586 and his sonsH1121 fallenH5307 in mountH2022 Gilboa.H1533
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And when they had strippedH6584 him, they tookH5375 his head,H7218 and his armor,H3627 and sentH7971 into the landH776 of the PhilistinesH6430 roundH5439 about, to carryH1319 tidingsH1319 to their idols,H6091 and to the people.H5971
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And they putH7760 his armorH3627 in the houseH1004 of their gods,H430 and fastenedH8628 his headH1538 in the templeH1004 of Dagon.H1712
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And when allH3605 JabeshgileadH3003 H1568 heardH8085 allH3605 that the PhilistinesH6430 had doneH6213 to Saul,H7586
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They arose,H6965 allH3605 the valiantH2428 men,H376 and tookH5375 away the bodyH1480 of Saul,H7586 and the bodiesH1480 of his sons,H1121 and broughtH935 them to Jabesh,H3003 and buriedH6912 their bonesH6106 underH8478 the oakH424 in Jabesh,H3003 and fastedH6684 sevenH7651 days.H3117
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So SaulH7586 diedH4191 for his transgressionH4604 whichH834 he committedH4603 against the LORD,H3068 even againstH5921 the wordH1697 of the LORD,H3068 whichH834 he keptH8104 not, and alsoH1571 for askingH7592 counsel of one that had a familiar spirit,H178 to inquireH1875 of it;
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And inquiredH1875 not of the LORD:H3068 therefore he slewH4191 him, and turnedH5437 the kingdomH4410 to DavidH1732 the sonH1121 of Jesse.H3448
