1 N ow the Philistines were fighting against Israel. And the men of Israel ran from the Philistines and were killed and fell 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 T he Philistines came after Saul and his sons. They killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchishua.

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 against Saul. The men who used the bow hit him with arrows and hurt him very much.

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

4 T hen Saul said to the one who carried his battle-clothes, “Take your sword and cut through me with it. Or these men who have not gone through our religious act will come and kill me with the sword and make fun of me.” But the one who carried his battle-clothes would not do it, for he was filled with fear. So Saul took his sword and fell on 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 the one who carried his battle-clothes saw that Saul was dead, he fell on his sword also, 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, the one who carried his battle-clothes, 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 T he men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, on the other side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had run away and that Saul and his sons were dead. So they left the cities and ran away. Then the Philistines came and lived 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 W hen the Philistines came to rob the dead the next day, they found Saul and his three sons lying 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 took his sword and battle-clothes, and sent them through the land of the Philistines. They sent them to carry the good news to the house of their gods and to 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 T hey put his sword and battle-clothes in the house of their god Ashtaroth. And they tied 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 men with strength of heart went and walked all night. They took the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh. There they burned them.

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 T hey took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh. And they did not eat for seven days.

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