2 Samuel 1:6 References
6
The young man who told him said, "By chance I happened to be on aMount Gilboa, and behold, bSaul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely.
a 1 Samuel 28:4, 1 Samuel 31:1-6, 1 Chronicles 10:4-10
1 Samuel 28
4
So the Philistines gathered together and came and camped ain Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together and they camped in bGilboa.
1 Samuel 31
1
aNow the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell slain bon Mount Gilboa.
2
The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed aJonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua the sons of Saul.
3
aThe battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was badly wounded by the archers.
4
aThen Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, otherwise bthese uncircumcised will come and pierce me through and make sport of me." But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. cSo Saul took his sword and fell on it.
5
When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him.
6
Thus Saul died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men on that day together.
1 Chronicles 10
4
Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and abuse me." But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. aTherefore Saul took his sword and fell on it.
5
When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword and died.
7
When all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
8
It came about the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
9
aSo they stripped him and took his head and his armor and sent messengers around the land of the Philistines to carry the good news to their idols and to the people.
10
They put his armor in the house of their gods and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.