1 Samuel 31:1

New International Version

Saul Takes His Life^(A)

31 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa.^(B)

Read full chapter

1 Samuel 31:1 in all English translations

1 Samuel 31:3

New International Version

³The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded^(A) him critically.

Read full chapter

1 Samuel 31:3 in all English translations

2 Samuel 1:6

New International Version

⁶“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,^(A)” the young man said, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit.

Read full chapter

2 Samuel 1:6 in all English translations

2 Samuel 1:21

New International Version

²¹“Mountains of Gilboa,^(A)
    may you have neither dew^(B) nor rain,^(C)
    may no showers fall on your terraced fields.^[a]^(D)
For there the shield of the mighty was despised,
    the shield of Saul—no longer rubbed with oil.^(E)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

2 Samuel 1:21 Or / nor fields that yield grain for offerings

2 Samuel 1:21 in all English translations

2 Samuel 21:12

New International Version

¹²he went and took the bones of Saul^(A) and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead.^(B) (They had stolen their bodies from the public square at Beth Shan,^(C) where the Philistines had hung^(D) them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.)^(E)