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1 Chronicles 10
After nine chapters of names, the narrative finally moves. The Philistines rout Israel on Mount Gilboa; Saul's three sons fall, and Saul, wounded and cornered by archers, takes his own sword rather than be captured. The Chronicler tells the story only to explain why the throne changed hands. Watch the closing verses (13-14): the writer states outright why Saul died, unfaithfulness to the LORD and consulting a medium instead of God, and says God "turned the kingdom over to David."
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Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
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The Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
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The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers.
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Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.” But his armor bearer would not, for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it.
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When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword and died.
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So Saul died with his three sons; and all his house died together.
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When all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their 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 sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
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They stripped him and took his head and his armor, then sent into the land of the Philistines all around to carry the news to their idols and to the people.
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They put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
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When all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
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all the valiant men arose and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
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So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the LORD’s word, which he didn’t keep, and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire,
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and didn’t inquire of the LORD. Therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.
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LOS Filisteos pelearon con Israel; y huyeron delante de ellos los Israelitas, y cayeron heridos en el monte de Gilboa.
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Y los Filisteos siguieron á Saúl y á sus hijos; y mataron los Filisteos á Jonathán, y á Abinadab, y á Malchîsua, hijos de Saúl.
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Y agravóse la batalla sobre Saúl, y le alcanzaron los flecheros, y fué de los flecheros herido.
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Entonces dijo Saúl á su escudero: Saca tu espada, y pásame con ella, porque no vengan estos incircuncisos, y hagan escarnio de mí; mas su escudero no quiso, porque tenía gran miedo. Entonces Saúl tomó la espada, y echóse sobre ella.
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Y como su escudero vió á Saúl muerto, él también se echó sobre su espada, y matóse.
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Así murió Saúl, y sus tres hijos; y toda su casa murió juntamente con él.
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Y viendo todos los de Israel que habitaban en el valle, que habían huído, y que Saúl y sus hijos eran muertos, dejaron sus ciudades, y huyeron: y vinieron los Filisteos, y habitaron en ellas.
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Y fué que viniendo el día siguiente los Filisteos á despojar los muertos, hallaron á Saúl y á sus hijos tendidos en el monte de Gilboa.
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Y luego que le hubieron desnudado, tomaron su cabeza y sus armas, y enviáronlo todo á la tierra de los Filisteos por todas partes, para que fuese denunciado á sus ídolos y al pueblo.
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Y pusieron sus armas en el templo de su dios, y colgaron la cabeza en el templo de Dagón.
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Y oyendo todos los de Jabes de Galaad lo que los Filisteos habían hecho de Saúl,
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Levantáronse todos los hombres valientes, y tomaron el cuerpo de Saúl, y los cuerpos de sus hijos, y trajéronlos á Jabes; y enterraron sus huesos debajo del alcornoque en Jabes, y ayunaron siete días.
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Así murió Saúl por su rebelión con que prevaricó contra Jehová, contra la palabra de Jehová, la cual no guardó; y porque consultó al pythón, preguntándo le ,
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Y no consultó á Jehová: por esta causa lo mató, y traspasó el reino á David, hijo de Isaí.
One act of loyalty
Amid the defeat, the men of Jabesh Gilead retrieve the bodies of Saul and his sons from Philistine hands, bury their bones under the oak, and fast seven days (vv.11-12). It is the single tender gesture in a grim chapter.
The Chronicler skips Saul's whole reign, which Samuel narrates at length, and keeps only his death. The point is not biography but transition: the stage is cleared for David, who fills the rest of the book.
Context layers
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- Proverbs 1:7Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
- Psalms 111:10Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
- Luke 12:4-7Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
- Mark 1:14-15Key passage connected to Kingdom of God.
- Matthew 13:31-33Key passage connected to Kingdom of God.
- Luke 17:20-21Key passage connected to Kingdom of God.
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