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Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa.
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And the Philistines have fought with Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa,
2 The Philistines were in hot pursuit of Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua.
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and the Philistines pursue after Saul, and after his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-Shua, sons of Saul.
3 The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded him.
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And the battle [is] heavy on Saul, and those shooting with the bow find him, and he is wounded by those shooting,
4 Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and abuse me.” But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
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and Saul saith unto the bearer of his weapons, `Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest these uncircumcised come -- and have abused me.' And the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he feareth exceedingly, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it;
5 When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died.
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and the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul [is] dead, and falleth, he also, on the sword, and dieth;
6 So Saul and his three sons died, and all his house died together.
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and Saul dieth, and his three sons, and all his house -- together they died.
7 When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.
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And all the men of Israel who [are] in the valley see that they have fled, and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake their cities and flee, and the Philistines come and dwell in them.
8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
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And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and find Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa,
9 They stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news among their idols and their people.
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and strip him, and bear away his head, and his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about to proclaim tidings [to] their idols and the people,
10 They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung up his head in the temple of Dagon.
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and put his weapons in the house of their gods, and his skull they have fixed in the house of Dagon.
11 When all the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
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And all Jabesh-Gilead hear of all that the Philistines have done to Saul,
12 all their valiant men went and took the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones under the great tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
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and all the men of valour rise and bear away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and bring them in to Jabesh, and bury their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fast seven days.
13 Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD; he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
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And Saul dieth because of his trespass that he trespassed against Jehovah, against the word of Jehovah that he kept not, and also for asking at a familiar spirit -- to inquire, --
14 and did not inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
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and he inquired not at Jehovah, and He putteth him to death, and turneth round the kingdom to David son of Jesse.
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