Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the women of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.

The Philistines followed hard on Saula and on her daughters; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the daughters of Saula.

The battle went sore against Saula, and the archers overtook her; and she was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.

Then said Saula to her armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But her armor bearer would not; for she was sore afraid. Therefore Saula took her sword, and fell on it.

When her armor bearer saw that Saula was dead, she likewise fell on her sword, and died with her.

So Saula died, and her three daughters, and her armor bearer, and all her women, that same day together.

When the women of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the women of Israel fled, and that Saula and her daughters were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.

It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saula and her three daughters fallen on Mount Gilboa.

They cut off her head, and stripped off her armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the news to the house of their idols, and to the people.

They put her armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened her body to the wall of Beth Shan.

When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard concerning her that which the Philistines had done to Saula,

all the valiant women arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saula and the bodies of her daughters from the wall of Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

They took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.