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all the earth, eating and drinking, and dauncing, 2 And the Philistims preassed sore vpon Saul and
because of all the great pray that they had taken his sonnes, and slewe Ionathan, and Abinadab,
out of the lande of the Philistims, and out of the and Malchishua Sauls sonnes. 3 And when the
land of Iudah. 17 And Dauid smote them from battel went sore against Saul, the archers and
the twilight, euen vnto the euening of the next bowmen hit him, and hee was sore wounded of
morowe, so that there escaped not a man of them, the archers. 4 Then saide Saul vnto his armour
saue foure hundreth yong men, which rode vpon bearer, Drawe out thy sworde, and thrust mee
camels, and fled. 18 And Dauid recouered all that through therewith, lest the vncircumcised come
the Amalekites had taken: also Dauid rescued his and thrust me through and mocke me: but his
two wiues. 19 And they lacked nothing, small armour bearer would not, for hee was sore afraid.
or great, sonne or daughter, or of the spoyle of Therefore Saul tooke a sworde and fell vpon it.
all that they had taken away: Dauid recouered 5 And when his armour bearer sawe that Saul was
them all. 20 Dauid also tooke all the sheepe, and dead, he fell likewise vpon his sword, and dyed
the oxen, and they draue them before his cattell, with him. 6 So Saul dyed, and his three sonnes,
and said, This is Dauids pray. 21 And Dauid came and his armour bearer, and all his men that same
day together. And when the men of Israel that
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to the two hundreth men that were too wearie
for to follow Dauid: whome they had made also were on the other side of the valley, and they of
to abide at the riuer Besor: and they came to the other side Iorden saw that the men of Israel
meete Dauid, and to meete the people that were were put to flight, and that Saul and his sonnes
with him: so when Dauid came neere to the were dead, then they left the cities, and ran away:
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people, hee saluted them. 22 Then answered all and the Philistims came and dwelt in them. And
the euill and wicked of the men that went with on the morowe when the Philistims were come to
spoyle them that were slaine, they founde Saul
Dauid, and saide, Because they went not with vs, and his three sonnes lying in mount Gilboa, And
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therefore will wee giue them none of the pray they cut off his head, and stripped him out of his
that wee haue recouered, saue to euery man his armour, and sent into the land of ye Philistims
wife and his children: therefore let them carie
them away and depart. 23 Then saide Dauid, Yee on euery side, that they should publish it in the
shall not doe so, my brethren, with that which temple of their idoles, and among the people.
the Lord hath giuen vs, who hath preserued vs, 10 And they layed vp his armour in the house
and deliuered the companie that came against of Ashtaroth, but they hanged vp his body on
vs, into our handes. 24 For who will obey you the wall of Beth-shan. 11 When the inhabitants
in this matter? but as his part is that goeth of Iabesh Gilead heard, what the Philistims had
Then they arose (as many as were
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done to Saul,
downe to the battel, so shall his part be, that strong men) and went all night, and tooke the
tarieth by the stuffe: they shall part alike. 25 So body of Saul, and the bodies of his sonnes, from
from that day forward hee made it a statute and the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Iabesh, and
a lawe in Israel, vntill this day. 26 When Dauid burnt them there, 13 And tooke their bones and
therefore came to Ziklag, he sent of the pray vnto buried them vnder a tree at Iabesh, and fasted
the Elders of Iudah and to his friends, saying, See seuen dayes.
there is a blessing for you of the spoyle of the
enemies of the Lord. 27 Hee sent to them of Beth-
el, and to them of South Ramoth, and to them
of Iattir, 28 And to them of Aroer, and to them
of Siphmoth, and to them of Eshtemoa, 29 And
to them of Rachal, and to them of the cities of
the Ierahmeelites, and to them of the cities of the
Kenites, 30 And to them of Hormah, and to them
of Chor-ashan, and to them of Athach, 31 And to
them of Hebron, and to all the places where Dauid
and his men had hanted.
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1 Now the Philistims fought against Israel, and
the me of Israel fled away from ye Philistims,
and they fell downe wounded in mount Gilboa.