1 N ow the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa,

2 A nd the Philistines pursued Saul and his sons, and slew Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, Saul’s sons.

and the Philistines follow Saul and his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, sons of Saul.

3 T he battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers severely wounded him.

And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him -- men with bow -- and he is pained greatly by the archers;

4 S aul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword and thrust me through, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse and mock me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was terrified. So Saul took a sword and fell upon it.

and Saul saith to the bearer of his weapons, `Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come -- these uncircumcised -- and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me;' and the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it.

5 W hen his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword and died with him.

And the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul dead, and he falleth -- he also -- on his sword, and dieth with him;

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

and Saul dieth, and three of his sons, and the bearer of his weapons, also all his men, on that day together.

7 A nd when the men of Israel on the other side of the valley and beyond the Jordan saw that the Israelites had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

And they see -- the men of Israel, who beyond the valley, and who beyond the Jordan -- that the men of Israel have fled, and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake the cities and flee, and Philistines come in, and dwell in them.

8 T he next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa,

9 T hey cut off Saul’s head and stripped off his armor and sent them round about the land of the Philistines to publish it in the house of their idols and among the people.

and they cut off his head, and strip off his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim tidings the house of their idols, and the people;

10 A nd they put Saul’s armor in the house of the Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

and they place his weapons the house of Ashtaroth, and his body they have fixed on the wall of Beth-Shan.

11 W hen the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

And they hear regarding it -- the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead -- that which the Philistines have done to Saul,

12 A ll the valiant men arose and went all night, and they took the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan and came to Jabesh and cremated them there.

and all the men of valour arise, and go all the night, and take the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth-Shan, and come in to Jabesh, and burn them there,

13 A nd they took their bones and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

and they take their bones, and bury under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fast seven days.