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The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons and killed his sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua. When the battle intensified against Saul,(A) the archers found him and severely wounded him.[a] Then Saul said to his armour-bearer,(B) ‘Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men(C) will come and run me through and torture me! ’ But his armour-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.(D)

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  1. 31:3 LXX reads and he was wounded under the ribs