1 Ora, os filisteus lutaram contra Israel; e os homens de Israel fugiram de diante dos filisteus, e caíram mortos no Monte Gilboa.

2 E os filisteus perseguiram com afinco Saul e os seus filhos; e os filisteus mataram Jônatas, e Abinadabe, e Malquisua; os filhos de Saul.

3 E a batalha se intensificou contra Saul, e os arqueiros o atingiram; e ele foi gravemente ferido pelos arqueiros.

4 Então disse Saul ao seu escudeiro: Desembainha a tua espada, e atravessa-me com ela; para que não venham estes incircuncisos e me atravessem, e de mim abusem. Porém, o seu escudeiro não quis fazê-lo; pois ficou mui temeroso. Então Saul tomou uma espada, e caiu sobre ela.

5 E quando o seu escudeiro viu que Saul estava morto, ele caiu, de modo semelhante, sobre a sua espada, e morreu com ele.

6 Assim, Saul morreu e os seus três filhos, e o seu escudeiro, e todos os seus homens juntos, naquele mesmo dia.

7 E quando os homens de Israel que estavam no outro lado do vale, e aqueles que estavam do outro lado do Jordão viram que os homens de Israel fugiram, e que Saul e os seus filhos estavam mortos, eles abandonaram as cidades e fugiram; e os filisteus vieram e nelas ­habitaram.

8 E sucedeu, ao amanhecer, quando os filisteus vieram para despir os mortos, que encontraram Saul e os seus três filhos caídos no Monte Gilboa.

9 E eles cortaram a sua cabeça, e removeram a sua armadura, e a enviaram à terra dos filisteus ao redor, para expô-la na casa dos seus ídolos e no meio do povo.

10 E eles puseram a sua armadura na casa de Astarote; e prenderam o seu corpo à muralha de Bete-Seã.

11 E quando os habitantes de Jabes-Gileade ouviram aquilo que os filisteus haviam feito a Saul,

12 todos os homens valentes se levantaram, e foram a noite toda, e pegaram o corpo de Saul e os corpos dos seus filhos da muralha de Bete-Seã, e vieram até Jabes e ali os queimaram.

13 E eles pegaram os seus ossos, e os sepultaram debaixo de uma árvore em Jabes, e jejuaram sete dias.

1 And the Philistines fought against Israel. And the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down wounded in Mount Gilboa.

2 And the Philistines followed Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, Saul's sons.

3 And the battle went hard against Saul. And the archers hit him, and he was sorely wounded by the archers.

4 And Saul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised ones come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was very much afraid. So Saul took a sword and fell on it.

5 And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him.

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

7 And the men of Israel beyond the valley, and who [were] on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled and that Saul and his sons had died. And they abandoned the cities and fled. And the Philistines came and lived in them.

8 And it happened on the next day, the Philistines came to strip the slain, and 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 all around, to publish [it] in the house of their idols and [among] the people.

10 And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

11 And when they heard about it, the people of Jabesh-gilead, what the Philistines had done to Saul,

12 then all the brave men arose, and they traveled all night. And [they] took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burned them there.

13 And they took their bones and buried [them] under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh. And [they] fasted seven days.