ThensaidSaul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me throughtherewith; lesttheseuncircumcisedcome and abuse me. But his armourbearerwould not; for he was soreafraid. So Saultook a sword, and fellupon it.
And when all the men of Israelthatwere in the valley saw thattheyfled, and thatSaul and his sonsweredead, thentheyforsooktheircities, and fled: and the Philistinescame and dwelt in them.
And whenthey had stripped him, theytook his head, and his armour, and sentinto the land of the Philistinesroundabout, to carrytidingsuntotheiridols, and to the people.
Theyarose, all the valiant men, and tookaway the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and broughtthem to Jabesh, and buriedtheirbonesunder the oak in Jabesh, and fastedsevendays.
So Sauldied for his transgressionwhich he committedagainst the LORD, evenagainst the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for askingcounsel of one that had a familiarspirit, to enquire of it;