1 Chronicles 10

1 And when his armourbearer saw it, to wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died. 2 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house fell together. 3 And when the men of Israel, that dwelt in the plains, saw this, they fled: and Saul and his sons being dead, they forsook their cities, and were scattered up and down: and the Philistines came, and dwelt in them. 4 And the next day the Philistines taking away the spoils of them that were slain, found Saul and his sons lying on mount Gelboe. 5 And when they had stripped him, and out off his head, and taken away his armour, they sent it into their land, to be carried about, and shewn in the temples of the idols and to the people. 6 And his armour they dedicated in the temple of their god, and his head they fastened up in the temple of Dagon. 7 And when the men of Jabes Galaad had heard this, to wit, all that the Philistines had done to Saul, 8 All the valiant men of them arose, and took the bodies of Saul and of his sons, and brought them to Jabes, and buried their bones under the oak that was in Jabes, and they fasted seven days. 9 So Saul died for his iniquities, because he transgressed the commandment of the Lord, which he had commanded, and kept it not: and moreover consulted also a witch, 10 And trusted not in the Lord: therefore he slew him, and transferred his kingdom to David the son of Isai. 12 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh. 13 Yesterday also, and the day before when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: for the Lord thy God said to thee: Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over them. 14 So all the ancients of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and David made a covenant with them before the Lord: and they anointed him king over Israel according to the word of the Lord which he spoke in the hand of Samuel.