the battle of gilboa, jean fouquet, protagonists depicted anachronistically 15th century armour
the philistines make war again, assembling @ shunem, , saul leads army face them @ mount gilboa. before battle goes consult medium or witch @ endor. medium, unaware of identity, reminds him king has made witchcraft capital offence, assures saul not harm her. conjures spirit of prophet samuel, before death had prophesied lose kingdom. samuel tells him god has rejected him, no longer hear prayers, has given kingdom david , next day lose both battle , life. saul collapses in fear, , medium restores him food in anticipation of next day s battle.
1 samuel , 2 samuel give conflicting accounts of saul s death. in 1 samuel, , in parallel account in 1 chronicles 10, defeated israelites flee, saul asks armour bearer kill him, refuses, , saul falls upon own sword. in 2 samuel, amalekite tells david found saul leaning on spear after battle , delivered coup de grâce. david has amalekite put death rejoicing in death of anointed king.
the victorious philistines recover saul s body of 3 sons died in battle, decapitated them , displayed them on wall of beth-shan. display saul s armour in temple of ashtaroth (an ascalonian temple of canaanites). @ night inhabitants of jabesh-gilead retrieve bodies cremation , burial.(1 samuel 31:8–13, 1 chronicles 10:12)). later on, david takes bones of saul , of son jonathan , buries them in zela, in tomb of father (2 samuel 21:12–14).
the account in 1 chronicles summarises stating that:
saul died unfaithfulness had committed against lord, because did not keep word of lord, , because consulted medium guidance.
^ g. darshan, reinterment of saul , jonathan s bones (ii sam 21, 12–14) in light of ancient greek hero-cult stories , zaw, 125,4 (2013), 640–645.
^ 1 chronicles 10:13-14
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