On the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
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1 Samuel 31:8 in context
1 Samuel 31:5–11
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When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died with him.
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So Saul died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men that same day together.
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When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
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On the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
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They cut off his head, stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to the house of their idols and to the people.
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They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
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When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
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