1 Samuel 31:7-9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁷ When the men of Israel on the other side of the valley and on the other side of the Jordan saw that Israel’s men had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. So the Philistines came and settled in them.

⁸ The next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa. ⁹ They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armour, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to spread the good news^(A) in the temples of their idols^(B) and among the people.