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1 Samuel 31

4 Saúl killeth him ſelfe. 6 His children are ſlaine in the battel. 12 The men of Iabéſh toke downe his body, which was hanged on the wall.
1.NOw * the Philiſtíms foght againſt Iſraél, and the men of Iſraél fled away from the Philiſtíms, & thei fel downe " wounded in mount Gilbóa.
2.And the Philiſtíms preaſſed fore vpon Saúl and his ſonnes, and ſlewe Ionathán, and Abinadáb, and Malchiſhúa Sauls ſonnes.
3.And when the battel went ſore againſt Saúl, the archers and bowemen " hit him, and he was ſore " wounded of the archers.
4.Then ſaid Saúl vnto his armour bearer, a Drawe out thy ſworde, and thruſt me through therewith, leſt the vncircumciſed come and thruſt me through and mocke me: but his armour bearer wolde not, for he was ſore afrayed. Therefore Saúl toke a ſworde and fel vpon it.
5.And when his armour bearer ſawe that Saúl was dead, he fel likewiſe vpon his ſworde, and dyed with him.
6.So Saúl dyed, and his thre ſonnes, and his armour bearer, and all his men that ſame day together.
7.¶ And when the mē of Iſraél that were on the other ſide of the b valley, and they of the other ſide c Iordén ſawe that the men of Iſraél were put to flight, and that Saúl and his ſonnes were dead, thé thei left the cities, and ran away : & the Philiſtims came and dwelt in them.
8.¶ And on the morowe when the Philiſtíms were come to ſpoyle them that were ſlaine, they founde Saúl and his thre ſonnes lying in mount Gilbóa,
9.And they cut of his head, and ſtripped him out of his armour, and ſent into the land of the Philiſtíms on euerie ſide, that they ſhulde d publiſh it in the temple of their idoles, and among the people.
10.And they layed vp his armour in ye houſe of Aſhtaróth, but they hāged vp his body on the wall of Beth-ſhān.
11.¶ When the inhabitants of e Iabéſh Gileád heard, what the Philiſtíms had done to Saúl,
12.Thē they aroſe (as manie as were ſtrong men) & went all night and toke the body of Saúl, & the bodies of his ſonnes, from the wall of Beth-ſhan, & came to Iabéſh, and * burnt them there,
13.And toke their bones & * buryed thē vnder a tre at Iabéſh, & f faſted ſeuen dayes.

Notes

1:*.
1.Chro.10,1.
1:".
Or, ſlaine.
3:".
Ebr. found him
3:".
Or, afraied.
4:a.
So we ſe that his cruel life hathe a deſperate end, as is comonly ſene in them, that perſecute the children of God.
7:b.
Nere to Gilbóa.
7:c.
The tribes of Reubén and Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manaſſeh
9:d.
In token of victorie and triumphe.
11:e.
Whome he had deliuered from their enemies, Chap. 11,11
12:*.
Ier 34.5.
13:*.
2 Sam 2.4.
13:f.
Accordig to the cuſtome of mourners.