ThensaidSaulunto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me throughtherewith; lesttheseuncircumcisedcome and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearerwould not; for he was soreafraid. ThereforeSaultook a sword, and fellupon it.
And when the men of Israelthatwere on the otherside of the valley, and theythatwere on the othersideJordan, saw that the men of Israelfled, and thatSaul and his sonsweredead, theyforsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistinescame and dwelt in them.
And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sentinto the land of the Philistinesroundabout, to publish it in the house of theiridols, and among the people.
All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sonsfrom the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burntthemthere.