1 Samuel 30 - 31 | 1 Chronicles 10 | 2 Samuel 1

These chapters record the final days of king Saul and his sons. At the same time that Saul and the army of Israel was fighting against the Philistines, David and his men destroyed the Amalekite army that had done great damage in Judah, and burned the city of Ziklag, where David and his men had been living.

David retrieved their wives and families that had been taken captive, and took back much spoil, which he shared among the cities where he and his men went in and out.

The Philistines party strong over the death of Saul and Jonathan and the army of Israel, and David finds out about these events from an Amalekite who retrieved Saul’s crown, and who claimed to have put him out of his misery.