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1 Chronicles 10

About 1 Chronicles 1 Chronicles retells Israel's history from Adam to David, focusing on David and the worship of God.

Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.Selected1 Chronicles 10:1Ask

And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.Selected1 Chronicles 10:2Ask

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.Selected1 Chronicles 10:3Ask

Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.Selected1 Chronicles 10:4Ask

And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.Selected1 Chronicles 10:5Ask

So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.Selected1 Chronicles 10:6Ask

And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.Selected1 Chronicles 10:7Ask

And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.Selected1 Chronicles 10:8Ask

And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.Selected1 Chronicles 10:9Ask

And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.Selected1 Chronicles 10:10Ask

And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,Selected1 Chronicles 10:11Ask

They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.Selected1 Chronicles 10:12Ask

So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;Selected1 Chronicles 10:13Ask

And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.Selected1 Chronicles 10:14Ask

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