Tuesday, 24 June 2025

1 Samuel 31 (résumé): Saul commits suicide

The Philistines inflicted a heavy defeat on Israel on Mount Gilboa killing many, including Saul's sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua. Then the archers overtook Saul wounding him critically, so he ordered his armour-bearer to draw his sword and kill him as he didn't want to die and be tortured by uncircumcised Philistines, but he couldn't bring himself to do it, so Saul committed suicide by falling on to his own sword. The Philistines cut off Saul's head and fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan, together with the bodies of his sons. When the valiant men of Jabesh Gilead heard about this they attacked and took down the bodies to give them a decent burial under a Tamarisk tree. 

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