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 went hard after Saul and his sons, and put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

3 And the fight was going against 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 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, falling on it himself.

5 And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and came to his death.

6 So death overtook Saul and his three sons; all his family came to an end together.

7 And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the men of Israel had gone in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they went in flight away from their towns; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.

8 Now the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his sons dead in Mount Gilboa.

9 And they took everything off him, and took his head and his war-dress, and sent word into the land of the Philistines round about to give the news to their gods and to the people.

10 And they put his war-dress in the house of their gods, and put up his head in the house of Dagon.

11 And when the news came to Jabesh-gilead of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

12 All the fighting-men came up and took away Saul's body and the bodies of his sons, and took them to Jabesh, and put their bones to rest under the oak-tree in Jabesh, and took no food for seven days.

13 So death came to Saul because of the sin which he did against the Lord, that is, because of the word of the Lord which he kept not; and because he went for directions to one who had an evil spirit,

14 And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.

1 Když pak bojovali Filistinští s Izraelem, utíkali muži Izraelští před Filistinskými, a padli, zbiti jsouce na hoře Gelboe.

2 I stihali Filistinští Saule a syny jeho, a zabili Filistinští Jonatu, Abinadaba a Melchisua, syny Saulovy.

3 A když se zsilila bitva proti Saulovi, trefili na něj střelci s luky, a postřelen jest od střelců.

4 Protož řekl Saul oděnci svému: Vytrhni meč svůj a probodni mne jím, aby přijdouce ti neobřezanci, nečinili sobě ze mne posměchu. Ale nechtěl oděnec jeho, nebo se bál velmi. A pochytiv Saul meč, nalehl na něj.

5 Tedy vida oděnec jeho, že umřel Saul, nalehl i on na meč a umřel.

6 A tak umřel Saul i tři synové jeho, a všecka čeled jeho spolu zemřeli.

7 Když pak uzřeli všickni muži Izraelští, kteříž bydlili za tím údolím, že utekli Izraelští, a že zemřeli Saul i synové jeho, opustivše města svá, též utíkali. I přišli Filistinští a bydlili v nich.

8 Potom nazejtří přišli Filistinští, aby zloupili pobité. I nalezli Saule a syny jeho, ležící na hoře Gelboe.

9 A svlékše ho, vzali hlavu jeho i odění jeho, a poslali po zemi Filistinské vůkol, aby to ohlášeno bylo modlám jejich i lidu.

10 Složili také i odění jeho v chrámě boha svého, hlavu pak jeho přibili v chrámě Dágon.

11 Tedy uslyšavše všickni v Jábes Galád všecko, což učinili Filistinští Saulovi,

12 Zdvihli se všickni muži silní a vzali tělo Saulovo, a těla synů jeho, a přinesli je doJábes. A pochovavše kosti jejich pod jedním dubem v Jábes, postili se sedm dní.

13 A tak umřel Saul pro přestoupení své, jímž byl přestoupil proti Hospodinu, totiž proti slovu Hospodinovu, jehož neostříhal, a že se také radil s duchem věštím, doptávaje se ho,

14 A nedoptával se Hospodina. Protož zabil jej, a přenesl království na Davida syna Izai.