^{1 Ref} And the Philistines have fought with Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa,

^{2 Ref} and the Philistines pursue after Saul, and after his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-Shua, sons of Saul.

^{3 Ref} And the battle `is' heavy on Saul, and those shooting with the bow find him, and he is wounded by those shooting,

^{4 Ref} and Saul saith unto the bearer of his weapons, `Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest these uncircumcised come -- and have abused me.' And the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he feareth exceedingly, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it;

⁵ and the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul `is' dead, and falleth, he also, on the sword, and dieth;

^{6 Ref} and Saul dieth, and his three sons, and all his house -- together they died.

^{7 Ref} And all the men of Israel who `are' in the valley see that they have fled, and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake their cities and flee, and the Philistines come and dwell in them.

^{8 Ref} And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and find Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa,

^{9 Ref} and strip him, and bear away his head, and his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about to proclaim tidings `to' their idols and the people,

^{10 Ref} and put his weapons in the house of their gods, and his skull they have fixed in the house of Dagon.

^{11 Ref} And all Jabesh-Gilead hear of all that the Philistines have done to Saul,

^{12 Ref} and all the men of valour rise and bear away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and bring them in to Jabesh, and bury their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fast seven days.

^{13 Ref} And Saul dieth because of his trespass that he trespassed against Jehovah, against the word of Jehovah that he kept not, and also for asking at a familiar spirit -- to inquire, --

^{14 Ref} and he inquired not at Jehovah, and He putteth him to death, and turneth round the kingdom to David son of Jesse.

^{1 Ref} Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel; and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.

^{2 Ref} And the Philistines went hard after Saul and his sons, and put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

^{3 Ref} And the fight was going against Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

^{4 Ref} Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, falling on it himself.

⁵ And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and came to his death.

^{6 Ref} So death overtook Saul and his three sons; all his family came to an end together.

^{7 Ref} And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the men of Israel had gone in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they went in flight away from their towns; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.

^{8 Ref} Now the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his sons dead in Mount Gilboa.

^{9 Ref} And they took everything off him, and took his head and his war-dress, and sent word into the land of the Philistines round about to give the news to their gods and to the people.

^{10 Ref} And they put his war-dress in the house of their gods, and put up his head in the house of Dagon.

^{11 Ref} And when the news came to Jabesh-gilead of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

^{12 Ref} All the fighting-men came up and took away Saul's body and the bodies of his sons, and took them to Jabesh, and put their bones to rest under the oak-tree in Jabesh, and took no food for seven days.

^{13 Ref} So death came to Saul because of the sin which he did against the Lord, that is, because of the word of the Lord which he kept not; and because he went for directions to one who had an evil spirit,

^{14 Ref} And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.