Thematic Bible
1 Chronicles 10:1 (show verse)
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and every Israelite fled away from before the Philistines. And they fell slain upon Mount Gilboa.
1 Chronicles 10:2 (show verse)
And the Philistines {overtook} Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua, the sons of Saul.
1 Chronicles 10:3 (show verse)
And the battle was heavy against Saul, and the {archers} found him, and he was wounded by the {archers}.
1 Chronicles 10:4 (show verse)
And Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and deal harshly with me." But he was very afraid. Then Saul took the sword and fell upon it.
1 Chronicles 10:5 (show verse)
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul [was] dead, he also fell upon the sword, and he died.
1 Chronicles 10:6 (show verse)
So Saul died. And his three sons and all his house died together.
1 Chronicles 10:7 (show verse)
And when all the men of Israel who [were] in the valley saw that they had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. Then the Philistines came and dwelled in them.
1 Chronicles 10:8 (show verse)
And it happened [that] on the next day when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
1 Chronicles 10:9 (show verse)
And they stripped him and took his head and his weapons, and they sent [them] throughout the land of the Philistines to bring news to their idols and the nation.
1 Chronicles 10:10 (show verse)
And they put his weapons in the temple of their gods, and they fastened his skull to the temple of Dagon.
1 Chronicles 10:11 (show verse)
When all Jabesh-Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
1 Chronicles 10:12 (show verse)
every strong man arose and took the dead body of Saul and the dead bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
1 Chronicles 10:13 (show verse)
So Saul died on account of his sin which he had sinned against Yahweh concerning the command of Yahweh that he did not keep. He also consulted a medium to seek [guidance].
1 Chronicles 10:14 (show verse)
But he did not seek Yahweh. So Yahweh put him to death and turned over the kingship to David, the son of Jesse.