1 Now, as, the Philistines, were fighting against Israel, the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell slain, in Mount Gilboa.2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons,and the Philistines smote Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, sons of Saul.3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers discovered him,and he was terrified at the archers.4 Then said Saul to his armour-bearerDraw thy sword and pierce me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come, and pierce me through, and abuse me. But his armour-bearer was not willing, for he was sore afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell thereon.5 And, when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also, fell upon his sword, and died with him.6 Thus died Saul, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, yea all his men, on that day, together.7 And, when the men of Israel who were across the vale, and who were across the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled, and the Philistines entered, and took up their abode therein.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, lying prostrate in Mount Gilboa.9 So they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour,and sent throughout the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and unto the people.10 And they put his armour in a house of Ashtoreths,and, his dead body, fastened they on the wall of Beth-shan.11 And, when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him, what the Philistines had done unto Saul,12 then arose all the men of valour, and journeyed all the night, and 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 took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh,and fasted seven days.

1 Os filisteus, pois, pelejaram contra Israel; e os homens de Israel fugiram de diante dos filisteus e caíram atravessados na montanha de Gilboa. 2 E os filisteus apertaram com Saul e seus filhos e os filisteus mataram a Jônatas, e a Abinadabe, e a Malquisua, filhos de Saul. 3 E a peleja se agravou contra Saul, e os flecheiros o alcançaram; e muito temeu por causa dos flecheiros. 4 Então, disse Saul ao seu pajem de armas: Arranca a tua espada e atravessa-me com ela, para que, porventura, não venham estes incircuncisos, e me atravessem, e escarneçam de mim. Porém o seu pajem de armas não quis, porque temia muito; então, Saul tomou a espada e se lançou sobre ela. 5 Vendo, pois, o seu pajem de armas que Saul já era morto, também ele se lançou sobre a sua espada e morreu com ele. 6 Assim, faleceu Saul, e seus três filhos, e o seu pajem de armas, e também todos os seus homens morreram juntamente naquele dia. 7 E, vendo os homens de Israel que estavam desta banda do vale e desta banda 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 a Saul e a seus três filhos estirados na montanha de Gilboa. 9 E cortaram-lhe a cabeça, e o despojaram das suas armas, e enviaram pela terra dos filisteus, em redor, a anunciá-lo no templo dos seus ídolos e entre o povo. 10 E puseram as suas armas no templo de Astarote e o seu corpo o afixaram no muro de Bete-Seã. 11 Ouvindo, então, isso os moradores de Jabes-Gileade, o que os filisteus fizeram a Saul, 12 todo homem valoroso se levantou, 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 E tomaram os seus ossos, e os sepultaram debaixo de um arvoredo, em Jabes, e jejuaram sete dias.