1Samuel 31

A matança dos israelitas e a morte de Saul e seus filhos

1 *1Cr 10.1-12Entretanto, os filisteus pelejavam contra Israel; os homens de Israel fugiram de diante dos filisteus e caíram mortos no *1Sm 28.4monte de Gilboa. 2 Os filisteus seguiram de perto a Saul e a seus filhos e mataram a Jônatas, a Abinadabe e a Malquisua, filhos de Saul. 3 A *2Sm 1.6peleja agravou-se contra Saul, e alcançaram-no os flecheiros, que o feriram mui gravemente. 4 *Jz 9.54Então, disse Saul ao seu escudeiro: Desembainha a tua espada e atravessa-me com ela, para que não *Jz 14.3venham estes incircuncidados, e me traspassem, e escarneçam de mim. Mas o seu escudeiro não o quis fazer, pois teve muito medo. *2Sm 1.6,10Tomou Saul a sua espada e deixou-se cair sobre ela. 5 Quando o seu escudeiro viu que Saul era morto, lançou-se ele também sobre a espada e morreu com ele. 6 Morreram juntamente, naquele dia, Saul e seus três filhos, e o seu escudeiro, e todos os que se achavam com ele.

7 Vendo os de Israel que estavam da banda dalém do vale e além do Jordão que os homens de Israel fugiram e que Saul e seus filhos eram mortos, desampararam as suas cidades e fugiram. Vieram os filisteus e habitaram nelas. 8 Quando, ao outro dia, foram os filisteus despojar os mortos, acharam a Saul e a seus três filhos estirados no monte Gilboa. 9 Cortaram a cabeça a Saul e despojaram-no das suas armas; enviaram por toda a terra dos filisteus *2Sm 1.20para que se levasse a notícia *Jz 16.23-24à casa dos seus ídolos e ao povo. 10 Puseram as armas de Saul no templo de *1Sm 7.3;Jz 2.13Astarote e *1Sm 31.12;2Sm 21.14penduraram o seu corpo no muro de *Js 17.11Bete-Seã. 11 Quando os *1Sm 11.1-13habitantes de Jabes-Gileade ouviram o que os filisteus tinham feito a Saul, 12 *2Sm 2.4,7levantaram-se todos os valentes e, caminhando a noite toda, tiraram do muro de Bete-Seã o cadáver de Saul e os cadáveres de seus filhos, e voltaram a Jabes, e *2Cr 16.14ali os queimaram. 13 Tomaram-lhes os ossos, *2Sm 21.12-14sepultaram-nos debaixo da *1Sm 22.6tamargueira, em Jabes, e *2Sm 1.12jejuaram sete dias.

1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa. 2 The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. 3 The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers. 4 Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse me!" But his armor bearer would not, for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it. 5 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died with him. 6 So Saul died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men that same day together.

7 When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them. 8 On the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9 They cut off his head, stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to the house of their idols and to the people. 10 They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan. 11 When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 all the valiant men arose, 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 burned them there. 13 They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk*31:13 or, salt cedar tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.