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10:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died. Voice Reading
10:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together. Voice Reading
10:7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. Voice Reading
10:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. Voice Reading
10:9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people. Voice Reading
10:10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon. Voice Reading
10:11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, Voice Reading
10:12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. Voice Reading
10:13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it; Voice Reading
10:14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. Voice Reading
Chapter 11
11:1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Voice Reading
11:2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. Voice Reading
11:3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel. Voice Reading
11:4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. Voice Reading
11:5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David. Voice Reading
11:6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief. Voice Reading
11:7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David. Voice Reading
11:8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city. Voice Reading
11:9 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him. Voice Reading
11:10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Voice Reading
11:11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. Voice Reading
11:12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties. Voice Reading
11:13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. Voice Reading
11:14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance. Voice Reading

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