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1 Samuel 31

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  1. 1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.29 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 10:1–12, 1 Samuel 28:4, 2 Samuel 1:21, 1 Samuel 28:15, 1 Samuel 28:1
  2. 2And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi–shua, Saul’s sons.19 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 8:33, 1 Samuel 14:49, 1 Chronicles 9:39, 1 Samuel 23:17, 1 Samuel 13:2
  3. 3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.10 cross-references: 2 Samuel 1:6, Amos 2:14, 1 Kings 22:34, Genesis 49:23, 2 Samuel 1:4
  4. 4Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.33 cross-references: 2 Samuel 1:9–10, Judges 9:54, 2 Samuel 1:6, 2 Samuel 1:20, 1 Samuel 14:6
  5. 5And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.2 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 10:5
  6. 6So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.12 cross-references: 1 Samuel 12:25, 1 Chronicles 10:6, 1 Samuel 12:17, 1 Samuel 28:19, 1 Samuel 11:15
  7. 7And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.12 cross-references: 1 Samuel 13:6, Leviticus 26:36, Leviticus 26:32, Judges 6:2, Deuteronomy 28:33
  8. 8And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.5 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 10:8, 2 Chronicles 20:25
  9. 9And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.10 cross-references: 2 Samuel 1:20, Judges 16:23–24, 1 Chronicles 10:9–10, 1 Samuel 31:4, 1 Samuel 17:51
  10. 10And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth–shan.14 cross-references: Joshua 17:11, Judges 2:13, 1 Samuel 21:9, Judges 1:27, 2 Samuel 21:12–14
  11. 11And when the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;6 cross-references: 2 Samuel 2:4, 1 Samuel 11:1–11
  12. 12All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth–shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.8 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 16:14, Jeremiah 34:5, Amos 6:10, 2 Samuel 2:4–7
  13. 13And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.9 cross-references: Genesis 50:10, 2 Samuel 21:12–14, 1 Samuel 22:6, Genesis 35:8, 2 Samuel 1:12

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Saul, Jonathan, Abinadab, Malchi-shua

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Mount Gilboa, Beth-shan, Jabesh, Jordan, Jabesh-gilead

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