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| 1Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. | 1The Philistines fought against Israel, and the army of Israel fled before the Philistines. They fell slain on Mount Gilboa. |
| 2And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and the Philistines struck down Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. | 2The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons. The Philistines struck down Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons. |
| 3The battle pressed hard against Saul, and the archers found him, and he was badly wounded by the archers. | 3The heaviest fighting was directed toward Saul, and when the bowmen who were shooting located Saul, he was severely wounded by them. |
| 4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me.” But his armor-bearer would not, for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it. | 4Saul told his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised people will come and run me through and make sport of me." But his armor bearer did not want to do it because he was very frightened, so Saul took the sword and fell on it. |
| 5And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him. | 5When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him. |
| 6Thus Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, on the same day together. | 6As a result, Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men died together that day. |
| 7And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley and those beyond the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. And the Philistines came and lived in them. | 7When the men of Israel who were across the valley and who were across the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled, and the Philistines came and occupied them. |
| 8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. | 8The next day, the Philistines came to strip the dead, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. |
| 9So they cut off his head and stripped off his armor and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines, to carry the good news to the house of their idols and to the people. | 9They cut off his head and stripped him of his weapons. They sent people throughout the territory of the Philistines to report the good news in the temples of their idols and to the people. |
| 10They put his armor in the temple of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. | 10They put Saul's weapons in the temple of Asherah and fastened his corpse to the wall of Beth-shan. |
| 11But when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, | 11When the residents of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, |
| 12all the valiant men arose and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh and burned them there. | 12every valiant soldier got up, traveled all night, and removed Saul's body and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. Then they went to Jabesh and cremated the bodies there. |
| 13And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days. | 13They took their bones, buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted for seven days. |
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