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But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his
own sword and fell on it. When his armor bearer realized that Saul was
dead, he fell on his own sword and died. So Saul and his three sons died
there together, bringing his dynasty to an end.
When all the Israelites in the Jezreel Valley saw that their army had fled
and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled.
So the Philistines moved in and occupied their towns.
The next day, when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found
the bodies of Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa. So they stripped off
Saul’s armor and cut off his head. Then they proclaimed the good news
of Saul’s death before their idols and to the people throughout the land
of Philistia. They placed his armor in the temple of their gods, and they
fastened his head to the temple of Dagon.
But when everyone in Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Phi
listines had done to Saul, all their mighty warriors brought the bodies of
Saul and his sons back to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones beneath
the great tree at Jabesh, and they fasted for seven days.
So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord. He failed to obey
the Lord’s command, and he even consulted a medium instead of asking
the Lord for guidance. So the Lord killed him and turned the kingdom
over to David son of Jesse.
Then all Israel gathered before David at Hebron and told him, “We are
your own flesh and blood. In the past, even when Saul was king, you were
the one who really led the forces of Israel. And the Lord your God told
you, ‘You will be the shepherd of my people Israel. You will be the leader
of my people Israel.’”
So there at Hebron, David made a covenant before the Lord with all
the elders of Israel. And they anointed him king of Israel, just as the Lord
had promised through Samue l.
Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (or Jebus, as it used to be
called), where the Jebusites, the original inhabitants of the land, were living.
The people of Jebus taunted David, saying, “You’ll never get in here!” But
David captured the fortress of Zion, which is now called the City of David.
David had said to his troops, “Whoever is first to attack the Jebusites
will become the commander of my armies!” And Joab, the son of David’s
sister Zeruiah, was first to attack, so he became the commander of David’s
armies.
Dav id made the fortress his home, and that is why it is called the
City of David. He extended the city from the supporting terraces to the
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