NOW the Pelishtiym fought against Yashar'el: and the men of Yashar'el fled from before the Pel-ishtiym, and fell down slain in Mount Gilboa.
And the Pelishtiym followed hard upon Sha'ul and upon his sons; and the Pelishtiym slew Yahunathan, and Aviynadav, and Malkiyshua, Sha'ul's sons.
And the battle went sore against El-Sha'ul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
Then said Sha'ul unto his armorbearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Sha'ul took a sword, and fell upon it.
And when his armorbearer saw that Sha'ul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
So Sha'ul died, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
And when the men of Yashar'el that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side of the Yardan, saw that the men of Yashar'el fled, and that Sha'ul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Pelishtiym came and dwelt in them.
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Pelishtiym came to strip the slain, that they found Sha'ul and his three sons fallen in Mount Gilboa.
And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Pelishtiym round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.
And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beyt Sha'an.
And when the inhabitants of Yaveysh Gil'ad heard of that את which the Pelishtiym had done to Sha'ul;
All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Sha'ul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beyt Sha'an, and came to Yaveysh, and burnt them there.
And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Yaveysh, and fasted seven days.