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Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, from his father's house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, gatekeepers of the tabernacle. Their fathers had been keepers of the entrance to the camp of the LORD.

His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

Moza begot Binea, Rephaiah 1 Chronicles 8:37">[fn] his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.

Then the Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.

Then Saul said to his armorbearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised men come and abuse me." But his armorbearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and fell on it.

And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died.

So Saul and his three sons died, and all his house died together.

And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; then the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

So it happened the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

And they stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent word throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among the people.

Then they put his armor in the temple of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

all the valiant men arose and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons; and they brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

So Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he had committed against the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD, and also because he consulted a medium for guidance.

2 Samuel 23:8-39">[xr] Now these were the heads of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam the son of a Hachmonite, chief of the captains; 2 Samuel 23:8).">[fn] he had lifted up his spear against three hundred, killed by him at one time.

Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of another three. [fn] He had lifted up his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name among these three.

And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great height, five cubits tall. In the Egyptian's hand there was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.

Indeed he was more honored than the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David appointed him over his guard.

Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

And some from Manasseh defected to David when he was going with the Philistines to battle against Saul; but they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines sent him away by agreement, saying, "He may defect to his master Saul and endanger our heads."