1 Terwyl die Filistyne teen Israel veg, het die manne van Israel vir die Filistyne weggevlug, en gesneuweldes het op die gebergte Gilboa gelê.

2 En die Filistyne het Saul en sy seuns agternagesit, en die Filistyne het Jonatan en Abin dab en Malkisua, die seuns van Saul, gedood.

3 Toe die geveg dan swaar word teen Saul, en die manne, die boogskutters, hom aantref, het hy gebewe van angs vir die skutters.

4 En Saul het aan sy wapendraer gesê: Trek jou swaard uit en deurboor my daarmee, anders kom hierdie onbesnedenes en deurboor my en dryf die spot met my. Maar sy wapendraer wou nie, omdat hy baie bevrees was. Daarop neem Saul die swaard en val daarin.

5 Toe sy wapendraer sien dat Saul dood was, het hy self ook in sy swaard geval en saam met hom gesterf.

6 So het dan Saul en sy drie seuns en sy wapendraer, ook al sy manne op dieselfde dag almal saam gesterwe.

7 Daarop sien die manne van Israel wat oorkant die vlakte en wat oorkant die Jordaan was, dat die manne van Israel gevlug het en dat Saul en sy seuns dood was, en hulle het die stede verlaat en gevlug; en die Filistyne het gekom en daarin gaan woon.

8 En toe die Filistyne die volgende dag kom om die gesneuweldes te plunder, kry hulle Saul en sy drie seuns nog daar lê op die gebergte Gilboa.

9 En hulle het sy hoof afgekap en sy wapenrusting uitgetrek en dit in die land van die Filistyne rondgestuur om die blye boodskap te bring in die tempels van hulle afgode en aan die volk.

10 Daarna het hulle sy wapens in die Astarte-tempel neergelê, maar sy lyk teen die muur van Bet-San vasgeslaan.

11 Toe die inwoners van Jabes in G¡lead daarvan hoor -- wat die Filistyne aan Saul gedoen het --

12 het al die dapper manne hulle gereedgemaak en die hele nag deur getrek; en hulle het die lyk van Saul en die lyke van sy seuns van die muur van Bet-San afgehaal en by Jabes gekom en hulle daar verbrand.

13 En hulle het hul gebeente geneem en onder die tamarisk in Jabes begrawe en sewe dae lank gevas.

1 Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel: and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.

2 And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and they put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

3 And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

4 Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, and falling on it, put an end to himself.

5 And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and was united with him in death.

6 So death overtook Saul and his three sons and his servant on the same day.

7 And when the men of Israel across the valley and on the other side of Jordan saw that the army of Israel was in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they came out of their towns and went in flight; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.

8 Now on the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his three sons dead on the earth in Mount Gilboa.

9 And cutting off his head and taking away his war-dress, they sent word into the land of the Philistines round about, to take the news to their gods and to the people.

10 His war-dress they put in the house of Astarte; and his body was fixed on the wall of Beth-shan.

11 And when the people of Jabesh-gilead had news of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

12 All the fighting men got up and, travelling all night, took Saul's body and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh and had them burned there.

13 And their bones they put in the earth under a tree in Jabesh; and for seven days they took no food.