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1 Samuel 31:1-3
New Catholic Bible
1 Samuel 31:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 31[a]
The Death of Saul. 1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the Israelites fled before the Philistines, and many were killed at Mount Gilboa. 2 The Philistines pressed hard upon Saul and his sons. His sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua were killed by the Philistines.
3 There was fierce fighting around Saul, and when the archers found their mark, they seriously wounded him.
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- 1 Samuel 31:1 2 Sam 1:5-10 gives a slightly different version.