Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, ¹ Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the ¹ valley, and they that were on the other side ² Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to ¹ publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.

And when the inhabitants of ¹ Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;

And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and ¹ fasted seven days.