Young's Literal Translation YLT
Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
1 And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa,
1
The Philistines fought against Israel, and Israel's men fled from them. Many were killed on Mount Gilboa.
2 and the Philistines follow Saul and his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, sons of Saul.
2
The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons and killed his sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
3 And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him -- men with bow -- and he is pained greatly by the archers;
3
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers caught up with him and severely wounded him.
4 and Saul saith to the bearer of his weapons, `Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come -- these uncircumcised -- and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me;' and the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it.
4
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me." But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.
5 And the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul [is] dead, and he falleth -- he also -- on his sword, and dieth with him;
5
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.
6 and Saul dieth, and three of his sons, and the bearer of his weapons, also all his men, on that day together.
6
So on that day, Saul died together with his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men.
7 And they see -- the men of Israel, who [are] beyond the valley, and who [are] beyond the Jordan -- that the men of Israel have fled, and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake the cities and flee, and Philistines come in, and dwell in them.
7
When the men of Israel on the other side of the valley and on the other side of the Jordan saw that Israel's men had run away and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. So the Philistines came and settled in them.
8 And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa,
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The next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa.
9 and they cut off his head, and strip off his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim tidings [in] the house of their idols, and [among] the people;
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They cut off Saul's head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to spread the good news in the temples of their idols and among the people.
10 and they place his weapons [in] the house of Ashtaroth, and his body they have fixed on the wall of Beth-Shan.
10
Then they put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
11 And they hear regarding it -- the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead -- that which the Philistines have done to Saul,
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When the residents of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 and all the men of valour arise, and go all the night, and take the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth-Shan, and come in to Jabesh, and burn them there,
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all their brave men set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.
13 and they take their bones, and bury [them] under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fast seven days.
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Afterwards, they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
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