1 Entretanto, os filisteus pelejaram contra Israel, e, tendo os homens de Israel fugido de diante dos filisteus, caíram feridos no monte Gilboa. 2 Os filisteus apertaram com Saul e seus filhos e mataram Jônatas, Abinadabe e Malquisua, filhos de Saul. 3 Agravou-se a peleja contra Saul; os flecheiros o avistaram, e ele muito os temeu. 4 Então, disse Saul ao seu escudeiro: Arranca a tua espada e atravessa-me com ela, para que, porventura, não venham estes incircuncisos, e me traspassem, e escarneçam de mim. Porém o seu escudeiro não o quis, porque temia muito; então, Saul tomou da espada e se lançou sobre ela. 5 Vendo, pois, o seu escudeiro que Saul já era morto, também ele se lançou sobre a sua espada e morreu com ele. 6 Morreu, pois, Saul, e seus três filhos, e o seu escudeiro, e também todos os seus homens foram mortos naquele dia com ele. 7 Vendo os homens de Israel que estavam deste lado do vale e daquém do Jordão que os homens de Israel fugiram e que Saul e seus filhos estavam mortos, desampararam as cidades e fugiram; e vieram os filisteus e habitaram nelas.

8 Sucedeu, pois, que, vindo os filisteus ao outro dia a despojar os mortos, acharam Saul e seus três filhos caídos no monte Gilboa. 9 Cortaram a cabeça a Saul e o despojaram das suas armas; enviaram mensageiros pela terra dos filisteus, em redor, a levar as boas-novas à casa dos seus ídolos e entre o povo. 10 Puseram as armas de Saul no templo de Astarote e o seu corpo afixaram no muro de Bete-Seã. 11 Então, ouvindo isto os moradores de Jabes-Gileade, o que os filisteus fizeram a Saul, 12 todos os homens valentes se levantaram, e caminharam toda a noite, e tiraram o corpo de Saul e os corpos de seus filhos do muro de Bete-Seã, e, vindo a Jabes, os queimaram. 13 Tomaram-lhes os ossos, e os sepultaram debaixo de um arvoredo, em Jabes, e jejuaram sete dias.

1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. 3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers. 4 Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, 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 beyond the 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. 8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto the house of their idols, and to the people. 10 And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. 11 And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. 13 And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

2 The Philistines were in hot pursuit of Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua.

3 The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded him critically.

4 Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and run me through and abuse me." But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

5 When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died with him.

6 So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer and all his men died together that same day.

7 When the Israelites along the valley and those across the Jordan saw that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.

8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

9 They cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and they sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.

10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.

11 When the people of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

12 all their valiant men marched through the night to Beth Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned them.

13 Then they took their bones and buried them under a tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.