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were in Athach,

30:31. And that were in Hebron, and to the rest that were in those
places, in which David had abode with his men.

1 Kings Chapter 31

Israel is defeated by the Philistines: Saul and his sons are slain.

31:1. And the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel
fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gelboe.

31:2. And the Philistines fell upon Saul, and upon his sons, and they
slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchisua, the sons of Saul.

31:3. And the whole weight of the battle was turned upon Saul: and the
archers overtook him, and he was grievously wounded by the archers.

31:4. Then Saul said to his armourbearer: Draw thy sword, and kill me:
lest these uncircumcised come, and slay me, and mock at me. And his
armourbearer would not: for he was struck with exceeding great fear.
Then Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

31:5. And when his armourbearer saw this, to wit, that Saul was dead, he
also fell upon his sword and died with him.

31:6. So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all
his men that same day together.

31:7. And the men of Israel, that were beyond the valley, and beyond the
Jordan, seeing that the Israelites were fled, and that Saul was dead,
and his sons, forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came
and dwelt there.

31:8. And on the morrow the Philistines came to strip the slain, and
they found Saul and his three sons lying in mount Gelboe.

31:9. And they cut off Saul's head, and stripped him of his armour, and
sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the
temples of their idols and among their people.

31:10. And they put his armour in the temple of Astaroth, but his body
they hung on the wall of Bethsan.

31:11. Now when the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad had heard all that the
Philistines had done to Saul,

31:12. All the most valiant men arose, and walked all the night, and
took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of
Bethsan: and they came to Jabes Galaad, and burnt them there.

31:13. And they took their bones, and buried them in the wood of Jabes:
and fasted seven days.

THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS

This Book relates the transactions from the death of Saul until the end
of David's reign, being a history for the space of about forty-six
years.

2 Kings Chapter 1

David mourneth for the death of Saul and Jonathan: he orde