Top Verses from 1 Samuel 31  

Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa. (NIV)

NOW THE Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before [them] and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. (AMP)

Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. (KJV)

The Philistines were in hot pursuit of Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua. (NIV)

And the Philistines pursued Saul and his sons, and slew Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons. (AMP)

And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul's sons. (KJV)

Then they took their bones and buried them under a tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they fasted seven days. (NIV)

And they took their bones and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. (AMP)

And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. (KJV)

Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and run me through and abuse me." But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it. (NIV)

Saul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword and thrust me through, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse and mock me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was terrified. So Saul took a sword and fell upon it. (AMP)

Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. (KJV)

They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan. (NIV)

And they put Saul's armor in the house of the Ashtaroth [the idols representing the female deities Ashtoreth and Asherah], and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. (AMP)

And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan. (KJV)

When the people of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul (NIV)

When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul (AMP)

And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; (KJV)

The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. (NIV)

The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. (AMP)

And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. (KJV)

All their valiant men marched through the night to Beth Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned them. (NIV)

All the valiant men arose and went all night, and they took the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan and came to Jabesh and cremated them there. (AMP)

All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. (KJV)

The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded him critically. (NIV)

The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers severely wounded him. (AMP)

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. (KJV)

They cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and they sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people. (NIV)

They cut off Saul's head and stripped off his armor and sent them round about the land of the Philistines to publish it in the house of their idols and among the people. (AMP)

And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. (KJV)