<t /><p class="bodytext">Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. The men of Israel fled from the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

<p class="bodytext">The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his three sons lying dead<n id="1" /> on Mount Gilboa.

<p class="bodytext">Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry.<n id="1" /> They chased the Philistines to the valley<n id="2" /> and to the very gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.