And when he had named the ark of God, he fell from his stool backwards by the door, and broke his neck, and died. For he was an old man, and far advanced in years. And he judged Israel forty years.
And when the men of Israel, that dwelt in the plains, saw this, they fled. And Saul and his sons being dead, they forsook their cities, and were scattered up and down. And the Philistines came, and dwelt in them.