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1 Samuel 31:8

SaulMount Gilboa

6 So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.

7 When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.

The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

9 They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.

10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.

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BSB
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
WEB
On the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
ASV
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
DARBY
And it came to pass the next day, that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa.
BLB
And it came to pass the next day that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
ÅB
Dagen etter kom filistrene for å plyndre de falne; da fant de Saul og hans tre sønner liggende på Gilboafjellet.
OTB
Dagen etter, da filisterne kom for å plyndre de døde, fant de Saul og hans tre sønner falt på Gilboa-fjellet.
B1930
Dagen efter kom filistrene for å plyndre de falne; da fant de Saul og hans tre sønner liggende på Gilboafjellet.

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  • 2 Chronicles 20:25

    Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables —more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.

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  • 1 Chronicles 10:8

    The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

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