1 And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa.

2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons.

3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers came up with him, and he was terrified by the archers.

4 Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

5 And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.

6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.

7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

8 And it came to pass the next day, that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his sons fallen on mount Gilboa.

9 And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armour, and sent {them} into the land of the Philistines round about, to announce the glad tidings to their idols, and to the people.

10 And they put his armour in the house of their god, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

11 And when all they of Jabesh-Gilead heard of all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

12 all the valiant men arose, and took up the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the terebinth of Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

13 And Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah which he kept not, and also for having inquired of the spirit of Python, asking counsel of it;

14 and he asked not counsel of Jehovah; therefore he slew him, and transferred the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

1 非利士人攻打以色列人； 以色列人从非利士人面前逃跑， 在基利波山上阵亡的人很多。

2 非利士人紧紧地追赶扫罗和他的儿子； 非利士人杀了扫罗的儿子约拿单、亚比拿达和麦基舒亚。

3 攻击扫罗的战役非常激烈； 弓箭手发现了他， 就把他射伤。

4 扫罗对替他拿兵器的人说： "拔出你的刀来， 把我刺透， 免得这些未受割礼的人来凌辱我。"但替他拿兵器的人不肯这样作， 因为他非常害怕； 于是扫罗拿出刀来， 自己伏在刀上死了。

5 替他拿兵器的人看见扫罗死了， 他也伏在刀上死了。

6 这样， 扫罗和他的三个儿子， 以及他的全家， 都一同死了。

7 所有在山谷的以色列人， 看见以色列军逃跑， 扫罗和他的儿子都死了， 他们就弃城逃跑， 非利士人就来住在城中。

8 第二天， 非利士人来剥那些被杀的人的衣物的时候， 发现扫罗和他的儿子都倒毙在基利波山上。

9 他们就剥了他的衣服， 拿了他的头和兵器， 又派人到非利士地的各处， 去向他们的偶像和人民报信。

10 他们把扫罗的兵器放在他们的神庙里， 把他的头挂在大衮庙中。

11 基列．雅比人听见非利士人向扫罗所行的事，

12 所有的勇士就动身， 把扫罗的尸体和他儿子的尸体收殓起来， 带回雅比， 把他们的骸骨埋葬在雅比的橡树下， 并且禁食七天。

13 扫罗死了， 因为他悖逆耶和华， 没有听从他的话， 也因为他去求问那交鬼的，

14 没有求问耶和华， 所以耶和华把他杀死了， 把国位转给耶西的儿子大卫。