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And Esel had six sons, and these were their name; Ezricam his first-born, and Ismael, and Saraia, and Abdia, and Anan, and Asa: all these were the sons of Esel.

And the sons of Asel his brother; Ælam his first-born, and Jas the second, and Eliphalet the third.

And of the Selonites; Asaia his first-born, and his sons.

And Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, and his brethren belonging to the house of his father, the Corites were over the works of the service, keeping the watches of the tabernacle, and their fathers over the camp of the Lord, keeping the entrance.

And Jeel the father of Gabaon dwelt in Gabaon; and his wife’s name was Moocha.

And his first-born son was Abdon, and he had Sur, and Kis, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

and Gedur and his brother, and Zacchur, and Makeloth.

And Massa begot Baana, and Rhaphaia was his son, Elasa his son, Esel his son.

And Esel had six sons, and these were their names; Esricam his first-born, and Ismael, and Saraia, and Abdia, and Anan, and Asa: these were the sons of Esel.

And the Philistines pursued after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Aminadab, and Melchisue, sons of Saul.

And Saul said to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and pierce me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and mock me. But his armour-bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid: so Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

And his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, and he also fell upon his sword.

So Saul died, and his three sons on that day, and all his family died at the same time.

And all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, and they left their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

And it came to pass on the next day that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his sons fallen on mount Gelbue.

And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armour, and sent them into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim the glad tidings to their idols, and to the people.

And they put their armour in the house of their god, and they put his head in the house of Dagon.

And all the mighty men rose up from Galaad, and they took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabis, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabis, and fasted seven days.

So Saul died for his transgressions, wherein he transgressed against God, against the word of the Lord, forasmuch as he kept it not, because Saul enquired of a wizard to seek counsel, and Samuel the prophet answered him:

And the king and his men went to Jerusalem, this is Jebus; and there the Jebusites the inhabitants of the land said to David,