1 Os filisteus, pois, pelejaram contra Israel; e os homens de Israel fugiram de diante dos filisteus, e caíram mortos na montanha de Gilboa.
2 E os filisteus perseguiram a Saul e a seus filhos; e mataram a Jônatas, e a Abinadabe, e a Malquisua, filhos de Saul.
3 E a peleja se agravou contra Saul, e os flecheiros o alcançaram; e muito temeu por causa dos flecheiros.
4 Então disse Saul ao seu pajem de armas: Arranca a tua espada, e atravessa-me com ela, para que porventura não venham estes incircuncisos, e me atravessem e escarneçam de mim. Porém o seu pajem de armas não quis, porque temia muito; então Saul tomou a espada, e se lançou sobre ela.
5 Vendo, pois, o seu pajem de armas que Saul já era morto, também ele se lançou sobre a sua espada, e morreu com ele.
6 Assim faleceu Saul, e seus três filhos, e o seu pajem de armas, e também todos os seus homens morreram juntamente naquele dia.
7 E, vendo os homens de Israel, que estavam deste lado do vale e deste lado do Jordão, que os homens de Israel fugiram, e que Saul e seus filhos estavam mortos, abandonaram as cidades, e fugiram; e vieram os filisteus, e habitaram nelas.
8 Sucedeu, pois, que, vindo os filisteus no outro dia para despojar os mortos, acharam a Saul e a seus três filhos estirados na montanha de Gilboa.
9 E cortaram-lhe a cabeça, e o despojaram das suas armas, e enviaram pela terra dos filisteus, em redor, a anunciá-lo no templo dos seus ídolos e entre o povo.
10 E puseram as suas armas no templo de Astarote, e o seu corpo o afixaram no muro de Bete-Sã.
11 Ouvindo então os moradores de Jabes-Gileade, o que os filisteus fizeram a Saul,
12 Todo o homem valoroso se levantou, e caminharam toda a noite, e tiraram o corpo de Saul e os corpos de seus filhos do muro, de Bete-Sã, e, vindo a Jabes, os queimaram.
13 E tomaram os seus ossos, e os sepultaram debaixo de um arvoredo, em Jabes, e jejuaram sete dias.
1 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 And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and they put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
3 And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.
4 Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out 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, and falling on it, put an end to himself.
5 And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and was united with him in death.
6 So death overtook Saul and his three sons and his servant on the same day.
7 And when the men of Israel across the valley and on the other side of Jordan saw that the army of Israel was in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they came out of their towns and went in flight; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.
8 Now on the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his three sons dead on the earth in Mount Gilboa.
9 And cutting off his head and taking away his war-dress, they sent word into the land of the Philistines round about, to take the news to their gods and to the people.
10 His war-dress they put in the house of Astarte; and his body was fixed on the wall of Beth-shan.
11 And when the people of Jabesh-gilead had news of what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 All the fighting men got up and, travelling all night, took Saul's body and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh and had them burned there.
13 And their bones they put in the earth under a tree in Jabesh; and for seven days they took no food.