1. The Philistines fought a battle against the Israelites on Mount Gilboa. Many Israelites were killed there, and the rest of them, including King Saul and his sons, fled.
2. But the Philistines caught up with them and killed three of Saul's sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
3. The fighting was heavy round Saul, and he himself was hit by enemy arrows and badly wounded.
4. He said to the young man carrying his weapons, “Draw your sword and kill me, so that these godless Philistines won't gloat over me and kill me.” But the young man was too terrified to do it. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it.
5. The young man saw that Saul was dead, so he too threw himself on his own sword and died with Saul.