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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.
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1 Now the Pelishtim fought against Yisroel; and the anshei Yisroel fled from before the Pelishtim, and fell down chalalim (slain ones) on Mt 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.
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And the Pelishtim followed hard upon Sha’ul and upon his banim; and the Pelishtim slaughtered Yehonatan [Yonatan], and Avinadav, and Malki Shua, the Bnei Sha’ul.
3 And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.
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And the milchamah became intense against Sha’ul, and the archers overtook him; and he was mortally 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.
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Then said Sha’ul unto his noseh keli (armor bearer), Draw thy cherev, and thrust me through therewith; lest these arelim (uncircumcised ones) come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his noseh keli would not; for he was very afraid. Therefore Sha’ul took a cherev, and fell upon it.
5 And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and was united with him in death.
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And when his noseh keli saw that Sha’ul was dead, he fell likewise upon his cherev, and died with him.
6 So death overtook Saul and his three sons and his servant on the same day.
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So Sha’ul died, and his shloshet banim, and his noseh keli, and kol anashim of him, that same day together.
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.
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And when the anshei Yisroel that were on the other side of the emek (valley), and they that were on the other side of the Yarden, saw that the anshei Yisroel fled, and that Sha’ul and his banim were dead, they abandoned the towns, and fled; and the Pelishtim came and took occupation of them.
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.
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And it came to pass on the next day, when the Pelishtim came to strip the chalalim, that they found Sha’ul and his shloshet banim fallen on Mt 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.
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And they cut off his rosh (head), and stripped off his keli, and sent through eretz Pelishtim all around, to publish it in the bais atzabim, and among the people.
10 His war-dress they put in the house of Astarte; and his body was fixed on the wall of Beth-shan.
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And they put his keli in the Bais Ashtarot; and they hung up his body on the chomat Beit Shan.
11 And when the people of Jabesh-gilead had news of what the Philistines had done to Saul,
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And when the inhabitants of Yavesh Gilead heard of that which the Pelishtim had done to Sha’ul;
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.
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kol ish chayil arose, and went kol halailah, and took the geviyyat Sha’ul and the geviyyot of his banim from the chomat Beit Shan, and came to Yavesh, and cremated them there.
13 And their bones they put in the earth under a tree in Jabesh; and for seven days they took no food.
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And they took their atzmot, and buried them under a tree at Yavesh, and underwent a tzom shivat yamim.
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