| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. | 1The Philistines were fighting against Israel, and each soldier of Israel fled before the Philistines. They fell slain on the mountain of Gilboa. |
| 2And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. | 2The Philistines followed after Saul and after his sons, and the Philistines struck down Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons. |
| 3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. | 3The heaviest fighting was against Saul, and when the archers who were shooting located Saul, he was gravely wounded by them. |
| 4Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. | 4Saul ordered his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised people will come and abuse 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 armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died. | 5When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died. |
| 6So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together. | 6Therefore Saul, his three sons, and all his entire household died together. |
| 7And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. | 7When that part of the army of Israel that was in the valley saw that the rest of the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled, and the Philistines came and occupied them. |
| 8And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. | 8The Philistines came to strip the dead the next day, and they found Saul dead on Gilboa mountain, along with his sons. |
| 9And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people. | 9They stripped him, took his head and armor, and sent messengers throughout the territory of the Philistines to report the news to their idols and to the people. |
| 10And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon. | 10Then they put Saul's armor in the temple of their gods and fastened his skull to the wall of the temple of Dagon. |
| 11And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, | 11When all the residents of Jabesh-gilead heard everything that the Philistines had done to Saul, |
| 12They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. | 12every valiant soldier got up, removed the bodies of Saul and his sons, took them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh. Then they fasted for seven days. |
| 13So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it; | 13So Saul died for his transgressions; that is, he acted unfaithfully to the LORD by transgressing the message from the LORD (which he did not keep), by consulting a medium for advice, |
| 14And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. | 14and by not seeking counsel from the LORD, who therefore put him to death and turned the kingdom over to Jesse's son David. |
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