^{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.