9. they took Saul's weapons, pulled off his armour, and cut off his head. Then they sent messengers everywhere in Philistia to spread the news among their people and to thank the idols of their gods.
10. They put Saul's armour in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of their god Dagon.
11. When the people who lived in Jabesh in Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12. some brave men went to get his body and the bodies of his three sons. The men brought the bodies back to Jabesh, where they buried them under an oak tree. Then for seven days, they went without eating to show their sorrow.
13. Saul died because he was unfaithful and disobeyed the Lord. He even asked advice from a woman who talked to spirits of the dead,
14. instead of asking the Lord. So the Lord had Saul killed and gave his kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.