1 Chronicles · 14 verses
1 Chronicles 10
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Saul falls on his own sword when his terrified armor-bearer refuses to kill him, and the chapter later says that the LORD put him to death.
The battle on Gilboavv. 1–6
The Philistines drive Israel from the field, and Mount Gilboa becomes the place where Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua fall. Saul is wounded by archers, then asks his armor-bearer to finish the matter before the Philistines can torture him. The armor-bearer cannot do it; Saul therefore takes his own sword, and the armor-bearer follows him into death. A grim little procession, with no room for a spare man at the end.
The spoils and the burialvv. 7–12
The Israelites in the valley abandon their cities, which the Philistines promptly occupy. On the following day, the Philistines find Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa, strip Saul, cut off his head, and carry his armor and head to their temples. The people of Jabesh-gilead answer this spectacle with an expedition of their own: their men of valor retrieve the bodies, bring them to Jabesh, bury their bones beneath the oak, and fast for seven days.
The chapter’s final accountvv. 13–14
After all the battlefield detail, the chapter gives its final account of Saul’s death. It names his unfaithfulness: he did not keep the word of the LORD, consulted a medium, and failed to inquire of the LORD. Then comes the curious double description: Saul fell on his own sword, while the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
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1 Chr 10:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
1 Chr 10:2The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
1 Chr 10:3When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
1 Chr 10:4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
1 Chr 10:5When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.
1 Chr 10:6So Saul died together with his three sons and all his house.
1 Chr 10:7When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
1 Chr 10:8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
1 Chr 10:9They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.
1 Chr 10:10They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.
1 Chr 10:11When all the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
1 Chr 10:12all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
1 Chr 10:13So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
1 Chr 10:14and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
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- 13Leviticus 20:6Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.
- 13Leviticus 19:31You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
- 131 Samuel 15:23For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
- 141 Samuel 15:28So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
- 13Isaiah 8:19When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
- 13Deuteronomy 18:10–14Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
- 131 Samuel 28:7–20Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.
- 141 Samuel 13:14But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
- 11 Chronicles 10:8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
- 11 Samuel 31:1–13Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
- 141 Samuel 28:17He has done exactly what He spoke through me: The LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor David.
- 141 Samuel 16:1Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
- 12 Samuel 1:6“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.
- 11 Samuel 28:4The Philistines gathered together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
- 12 Samuel 1:21O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
- 41 Samuel 31:4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
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