1 GLT وَحَارَبَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَهَرَبَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَمَامِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَسَقَطُوا قَتْلَى فِي جَبَلِ جِلْبُوعَ. BSB BSB: Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
2 GLT وَشَدَّ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَرَاءَ شَاوُلَ وَوَرَاءَ بَنِيهِ، وَضَرَبَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ يُونَاثَانَ وَأَبِينَادَابَ وَمَلْكِيشُوعَ أَبْنَاءَ شَاوُلَ. BSB BSB: The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
3 GLT وَٱشْتَدَّتِ ٱلْحَرْبُ عَلَى شَاوُلَ فَأَصَابَتْهُ رُمَاةُ ٱلْقِسِيِّ، فَٱنْجَرَحَ مِنَ ٱلرُّمَاةِ. BSB BSB: When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
4 GLT فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِحَامِلِ سِلَاحِهِ: «ٱسْتَلَّ سَيْفَكَ وَٱطْعَنِّي بِهِ لِئَلَّا يَأْتِيَ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْغُلْفُ وَيُقَبِّحُونِي». فَلَمْ يَشَأْ حَامِلُ سِلَاحِهِ لِأَنَّهُ خَافَ جِدًّا. فَأَخَذَ شَاوُلُ ٱلسَّيْفَ وَسَقَطَ عَلَيْهِ. BSB BSB: Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
5 GLT فَلَمَّا رَأَى حَامِلُ سِلَاحِهِ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ شَاوُلُ، سَقَطَ هُوَ أَيْضًا عَلَى ٱلسَّيْفِ وَمَاتَ. BSB BSB: When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.
6 GLT فَمَاتَ شَاوُلُ وَبَنُوهُ ٱلثَّلَاثَةُ وَكُلُّ بَيْتِهِ، مَاتُوا مَعًا. BSB BSB: So Saul died together with his three sons and all his house.
7 GLT وَلَمَّا رَأَى جَمِيعُ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي ٱلْوَادِي أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ هَرَبُوا، وَأَنَّ شَاوُلَ وَبَنِيهِ قَدْ مَاتُوا، تَرَكُوا مُدُنَهُمْ وَهَرَبُوا، فَأَتَى ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَسَكَنُوا بِهَا. BSB BSB: When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
8 GLT وَفِي ٱلْغَدِ لَمَّا جَاءَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ لِيُعَرُّوا ٱلْقَتْلَى، وَجَدُوا شَاوُلَ وَبَنِيهِ سَاقِطِينَ فِي جَبَلِ جِلْبُوعَ، BSB BSB: The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
9 GLT فَعَرَّوْهُ وَأَخَذُوا رَأْسَهُ وَسِلَاحَهُ، وَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ فِي كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ لِأَجْلِ تَبْشِيرِ أَصْنَامِهِمْ وَٱلشَّعْبِ. BSB BSB: They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.
10 GLT وَوَضَعُوا سِلَاحَهُ فِي بَيْتِ آلِهَتِهِمْ، وَسَمَّرُوا رَأْسَهُ فِي بَيْتِ دَاجُونَ. BSB BSB: They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.
11 GLT وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ كُلُّ يَابِيشِ جِلْعَادَ بِكُلِّ مَا فَعَلَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ بِشَاوُلَ، BSB BSB: When all the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 GLT قَامَ كُلُّ ذِي بَأْسٍ وَأَخَذُوا جُثَّةَ شَاوُلَ وَجُثَثَ بَنِيهِ وَجَاءُوا بِهَا إِلَى يَابِيشَ، وَدَفَنُوا عِظَامَهُمْ تَحْتَ ٱلْبُطْمَةِ فِي يَابِيشَ، وَصَامُوا سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ. BSB BSB: all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
14 GLT وَلَمْ يَسْأَلْ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَأَمَاتَهُ وَحَوَّلَ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ بْنِ يَسَّى. BSB BSB: and he failed to 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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