<P> Saul died at the Battle of Mount Gilboa (1 Samuel 31: 3--6; 1 Chronicles 10: 3--6), and was buried in Zelah, in the region of Benjamin (2 Samuel 21: 14). Three of Saul's sons--Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua--died with him at Mount Gilboa (1 Samuel 31: 2; 1 Chronicles 10: 2). Ish - bosheth became king of Israel, at the age of forty . At David's request Abner had Michal returned to David . Ish - bosheth reigned for two years, but after the death of Abner, was killed by two of his own captains (2 Samuel 4: 5). </P> <P> Armoni and Mephibosheth (Saul's sons with his concubine, Rizpah) were given by David along with the five sons of Merab (Saul's daughter) to the Gibeonites, who killed them . (2 Samuel 21: 8--9) Michal was childless (2 Samuel 6: 23). </P> <P> The only male descendant of Saul to survive was Mephibosheth, Jonathan's lame son (2 Samuel 4: 4), who was five years old at the time of his father's and grandfather's deaths . In time, he came under the protection of David (2 Samuel 9: 7--13). Mephibosheth had a young son, Micah (2 Samuel 9: 12), who had four sons and descendants named until the ninth generation (1 Chronicles 8: 35--38). </P> <P> The First Book of Samuel gives three accounts of Saul's rise to the throne in three successive chapters: </P>

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