Sin Will Rob You of Everything You Hold Dear (1 Samuel 31), from www.HeartofAShepherd.com.

1 Samuel 31 brings us to King Saul's inevitable, inglorious end. When the men of Israel learned their king and his sons were slain, they fled the battle and even abandoned their homes and cities (1 Samuel 31:7). The day after the battle, the Philistines returned to the battlefield and looted the dead of Israel (1 Samuel 30:8). Amid the carnage, they found the bodies of Saul and his three sons (1 Samuel 30:8).