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1 Samuel 31
¹⁰ Then they put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
¹¹ Now when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
¹² all the valiant men arose and traveled all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh and burned them there.
¹³ Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
2 Samuel 1
¹ Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag,
² on the third day, behold, it happened that a man came from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. So it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the ground and prostrated himself.
³ And David said to him, "Where have you come from?" So he said to him, "I have escaped from the camp of Israel."
⁴ Then David said to him, "How did the matter go? Please tell me." And he answered, "The people have fled from the battle, many of the people are fallen and dead, and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also."
⁵ So David said to the young man who told him, "How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?"
⁶ Then the young man who told him said, "As I happened by chance to be on Mount Gilboa, there was Saul, leaning on his spear; and indeed the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
⁷ Now when he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. And I answered, ’Here I am.’