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1 Samuel 31

4 Saúl killeth him selfe. 6 His children are slaine in the battel. 12 The men of Jabésh 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, and thei fel downe ^wounded in mount Gilbóa.
2.And the Philistíms preassed sore upon Saúl & his sonnes, & slewe Jonathán, & Abinadáb, & Malchishúa Sauls sonnes.
3.And when the battel went sore against Saúl, the archers & bowemen ^hit him, & he was sore ^wounded of the archers.
4.Then said Saúl unto his armour bearer, aDrawe out thy sworde, and thrust me through therewith, lest the uncircumcised 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 upon it.
5.And when his armour bearer sawe that Saúl was dead, he fel likewise upon he 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 men of Israél that were on the otherside of the bvalley, and they of the otherside cJordan saw that the men of Israél were put to flight, and that Saúl and his sonnes were dead, then thei left the cities, and ran away: and the Philistíms 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 everie side, that they shulde dpublish it in the temple of their idoles, and among the people.
10.And they layed up his armour in the house of Ashtaróth, but they hanged up his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
11.¶ When the inhabitants of eJubésh Gileád heard, what the Philistíms had done to Saúl,
12.Then they arose (as manie as were strong men) and went all night and toke the body of Saúl, and the bodies of his sonnes, from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabésh, and *burnt them there
13.And toke their bones and *buryed them under a tre at Jabésh, and ffasted seven dayes.

Notes

1-*.
1 Chron. 10.1.
1-^.
Or, slain.
3-^.
Ebr., found him.
3-^-1.
Or, afraided.
4-a.
So we see that his cruel life had a desperate end, as is common- ly seen in them, that persecute the children of God.
7-b.
Near to Gilboa.
7-c.
The tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh.
9-d.
In token of victory and triumph.
11-e.
Whom he had delivered from their enemies, Chap, 11.11 6
12-*.
Jer. 34.5 2 Geneva Bible 1560
13-*.
2 Sam. 2.4
13-f.
According to the custom of mourners. 7