(6) So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. (7) And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
See the folly, sin, and ingratitude of Israel, in the rejection of the Lord for their king, as Samuel had pointed out. See 1 Samuel 12:1. And doth not the Lord, by his servant the prophet, refer to this in the after ages, when he said; I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. Hosea 13:11.