1 The Philistines fought Israel. Israel ran away. Many died on the hill Gilboa. ⚔️♂️ 2 The Philistines chased King Saul and his sons. They killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchi-shua. ⚔️ 3 The fight was hard. Men with bows shot arrows at Saul. Saul was hit and hurt. 4 Saul said to his armor helper, “Please use your sword on me, so the enemy will not hurt me.” The helper was too afraid. So Saul fell on his own sword. ️ 5 The helper saw Saul was dead. He fell on his sword too, and he died. ️ 6 Saul died. His three sons died. Many in his house died that day. 7 The men of Israel near there saw this. They ran from their towns. The Philistines moved in and lived there. ➡️ 8 The next day, the Philistines came to take things from the dead. They found Saul and his sons on Gilboa. ️️ 9 They took Saul’s head and his armor. They sent news in their land to their gods and to the people. 10 They put Saul’s armor in the house of their gods. They put his head in the house of Dagon. ️ 11 People in Jabesh heard what the Philistines did to Saul. ️ 12 Brave men went and took the bodies of Saul and his sons. They brought them to Jabesh. They buried the bones under a big tree. They did not eat for 7 days. ️7️⃣ 13 Saul died because he did not obey God. He did a bad thing. He asked a magic woman for help. ✨ 14 Saul did not ask God for help. So God let him die. God made David, the son of Jesse, the new king.