Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa. 2The Philistines followed hard after Talut and after his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Talut. 3The battle went badly against Talut, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers. 4Then Talut said to his armour-bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was much afraid. Therefore Talut took his sword, and fell on it. 5When his armour-bearer saw that Talut was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died. 6So Talut died, and his three sons; and all his house died together. 7When all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Talut and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them. 8It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Talut and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9They stripped him, and took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to their idols, and to the people. 10They put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon. 11When all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Talut, 12all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Talut, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. 13So Talut died for his trespass which he committed against Allah, because of the word of Allah, which he did not keep; and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire thereby, 14and did not inquire of Allah: therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom to Dawud Ibn Jesse.