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 armour bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse me!" But his armour bearer would not, for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it. 5 When his armour 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 armour 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 armour, 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 armour 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 burnt them there. 13 They 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.