American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. Now the Philistines[H6430] fought[H3898] against Israel[H3478]: and the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] fled[H5127] from before[H6440] the Philistines[H6430], and fell down[H5307] slain[H2491] in mount[H2022] Gilboa[H1533].

2. And the Philistines[H6430] followed hard[H1692] after[H310] Saul[H7586] and after[H310] his sons[H1121]; and the Philistines[H6430] slew[H5221] Jonathan[H3129], and Abinadab[H41], and Malchi-shua[H4444], the sons[H1121] of Saul[H7586].

3. And the battle[H4421] went sore[H3513] against Saul[H7586], and the archers[H3384] overtook[H4672] him[H2342]; and he was distressed by reason of the archers[H3384].

4. Then said[H559] Saul[H7586] unto his armorbearer[H5375], Draw[H8025] thy sword[H2719], and thrust[H1856] me through therewith[H6189], lest these uncircumcised come[H935] and abuse[H5953] me[H5375]. But his armorbearer would[H14] not[H3966]; for he was sore afraid[H3372]. Therefore Saul[H7586] took[H3947] his sword[H2719], and fell upon it[H5307].

5. And when his armorbearer[H5375] saw[H7200] that Saul[H7586] was dead[H4191], he likewise fell[H5307] upon his sword[H2719], and died[H4191].

6. So Saul[H7586] died[H4191], and his three[H7969] sons[H1121]; and all his house[H1004] died[H4191] together[H3162].

7. And when all the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] that were in the valley[H6010] saw[H7200] that they fled[H5127], and that Saul[H7586] and his sons[H1121] were dead[H4191], they forsook[H5800] their cities[H5892], and fled[H5127]; and the Philistines[H6430] came[H935] and dwelt in them[H3427].

8. And it came to pass on the morrow[H4283], when the Philistines[H6430] came[H935] to strip[H6584] the slain[H2491], that they found[H4672] Saul[H7586] and his sons[H1121] fallen[H5307] in mount[H2022] Gilboa[H1533].

9. And they stripped[H6584] him[H5375], and took his head[H7218], and his armor[H3627], and sent[H7971] into the land[H776] of the Philistines[H6430] round about[H5439], to carry the tidings[H1319] unto their idols[H6091], and to the people[H5971].

10. And they put[H7760] his armor[H3627] in the house[H1004] of their gods[H430], and fastened[H8628] his head[H1538] in the house[H1004] of Dagon[H1712].

11. And when all Jabesh-gilead[H3003] heard[H8085] all that the Philistines[H6430] had done[H6213] to Saul[H7586],

12. all the valiant[H2428] men[H376] arose[H6965], and took away[H5375] the body[H1480] of Saul[H7586], and the bodies[H1480] of his sons[H1121], and brought[H935] them to Jabesh[H3003], and buried[H6912] their bones[H6106] under the oak[H424] in Jabesh[H3003], and fasted[H6684] seven[H7651] days[H3117].

13. So Saul[H7586] died[H4191] for his trespass[H4604] which he committed[H4603] against Jehovah[H3068], because of the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], which he kept[H8104] not[H7592]; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit[H178], to inquire thereby[H1875],

14. and inquired[H1875] not of Jehovah[H3068]: therefore he slew[H4191] him[H5437], and turned the kingdom[H4410] unto David[H1732] the son[H1121] of Jesse[H3448].