Introduction
A fatal battle between the Israelites and Philistines in Gilboa, in which Saul is mortally wounded, and has three sons slain, 1 Chronicles 10:1-6 . The Israelites being totally routed, the Philistines, coming to strip the dead, find Saul and has three sons among the slain; they cut off Saul's head, and send it and his armor about the country to the idol temples; and then fix them up in the house of Dagon, 1 Chronicles 10:7-10 . The men of Jabesh-gilead come by night, and take away the bodies of Saul and has three sons, and bury them in Jabesh, 1 Chronicles 10:11 , 1 Chronicles 10:12 . The reason of Saul's tragical death; the kingdom is transferred to David, 1 Chronicles 10:13 , 1 Chronicles 10:14 .
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