1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.stylus1 Chronicles 10:8, 1 Samuel 31:1, 1 Samuel 31:13, 1 Chronicles 10:8, 1 Samuel 31:12The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.stylusExodus 20:5, 1 Chronicles 8:33, 1 Samuel 14:49, 1 Chronicles 9:39, 2 Kings 23:293When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.stylusAmos 2:14, 1 Samuel 31:3, 1 Samuel 31:6, 2 Samuel 1:4, 2 Samuel 1:104Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.stylus1 Samuel 31:4, 1 Samuel 31:4, 1 Samuel 17:36, 2 Samuel 1:9, 2 Samuel 1:105When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.stylus6So Saul died together with his three sons and all his house.stylus1 Samuel 4:10, 1 Samuel 4:11, Ecclesiastes 9:1, Ecclesiastes 9:2, Hosea 13:107When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.stylus1 Samuel 13:6, Leviticus 26:31, Deuteronomy 28:43, Leviticus 26:36, 1 Samuel 31:78The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.stylus2 Kings 3:23, 1 Samuel 31:8, 2 Chronicles 20:25, 2 Kings 3:23, 1 Samuel 31:89They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.stylus2 Samuel 1:20, Judges 16:23, Judges 16:24, 1 Samuel 31:9, 1 Samuel 31:1010They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.stylus1 Samuel 5:2, 1 Samuel 5:7, 1 Samuel 31:10, 1 Samuel 5:2, 1 Samuel 5:711When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,stylus1 Samuel 31:11, 1 Samuel 31:13, 2 Samuel 2:4, 2 Samuel 2:7, 1 Samuel 11:112all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.stylus2 Samuel 3:35, 2 Samuel 21:12, 2 Samuel 21:14, Genesis 35:8, Genesis 50:1013So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,stylusLeviticus 20:6, Leviticus 20:6, Leviticus 19:31, Leviticus 19:31, 1 Samuel 15:2314and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.stylus1 Samuel 15:28, 1 Samuel 15:28, 1 Samuel 13:14, 1 Samuel 13:14, 1 Samuel 28:17