³ And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

⁶ And the young man said, I came by chance to Mount Gilboa, and I saw Saul supporting himself on his spear; and the war-carriages and horsemen overtook him.

²³ He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:

⁴ And David said to him, How did things go? Give me the news. And in answer he said, The people have gone in flight from the fight, and a great number of them are dead; and Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.

³⁴ And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.

¹⁴ And flight will be impossible for the quick-footed, and the force of the strong will become feeble, and the man of war will not get away safely: