1. The Philistines fought a battle against the Israelites on Mount Gilboa. Many Israelites were killed there, and the rest of them, including King Saul and his sons, fled.
2. But the Philistines caught up with them and killed three of Saul's sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
3. The fighting was heavy round Saul, and he himself was hit by enemy arrows and badly wounded.