Read 1 Samuel 31.1-13. In 31.1-13: Saul's death. I Chronicles 10 contains a parallel account. In verse 4: These uncircumcised are the Philistine. Saul does not want to suffer humiliation and torture at their hands, so he asks his armor-bearer to finish him off. The armor-bearer refuses, perhaps out of respect for the Lord's anointed. In verses 11-13: The men of Jabesh rescue Saul's body. They are moved to do this because of Saul's rescue of their city at the beginning of his reign (10.27-1.15). It is unusual that they burn the bodies of Saul and his sons (v. 12), since cremation was not a practiced by the Israelites. Comments or Questions..
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