| 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 fought against Israel, and the army of Israel fled before the Philistines. They fell slain on Mount Gilboa. |
| 2And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons. | 2The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons. 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 sore wounded of 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 said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a 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 armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise 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. |
| 6So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that 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 that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt 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. |
| 8And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. | 8The next day, the Philistines came to strip the dead, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. |
| 9And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among 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. |
| 10And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan. | 10They put Saul's weapons in the temple of Asherah and fastened his corpse to the wall of Beth-shan. |
| 11And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which 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 Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt 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 a tree at 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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