Saul’s Overthrow and Death (2 Samuel 1:1–16; 1 Chronicles 10:1–6)
1 ULT Now the Philistines were fighting with Israel, and the men of Israel fled from the face of the Philistines, and they fell pierced on Mount Gilboa. BSB BSB: Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
2 ULT And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons. And the Philistines struck Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi Shua, the sons of Saul. BSB BSB: The Philistines hotly pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
3 ULT And the battle was heavy against Saul. And the shooters, the men with the bow, found him. And he writhed greatly from the shooters. BSB BSB: When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
4 ULT And Saul said to the carrier of his equipment,“Draw your sword and stab me with it, lest these uncircumcised{ ones} come and stab me and abuse me.” But the carrier of his equipment was not willing, for he feared greatly. So Saul took the sword and fell on it. 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 run me through 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 ULT And the carrier of his equipment saw that Saul had died, so he fell, he also, on his sword, and he died with him. BSB BSB: When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
6 ULT So Saul and three of his sons and the carrier of his equipment, even all of his men, died together on that day. BSB BSB: So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.
The Philistines Possess the Towns (1 Chronicles 10:7–10)
7 ULT And the men of Israel who{ were} on the other side of the valley and who{ were} on the other side of the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died. And they abandoned their cities and fled. And the Philistines came and dwelled in them. BSB BSB: When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel 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 ULT And it happened on the next day that the Philistines came to strip the pierced. And they found Saul and the three of his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. BSB BSB: The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
9 ULT And they cut off his head and stripped off his equipment. And they sent into the land of the Philistines all around to announce{ to} the house of their idols and{ to} the people. BSB BSB: They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.
10 ULT And they put his equipment in the house of the Ashtoreths, and they fastened his corpse on the wall of Beth Shan. BSB BSB: They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
Jabesh-gilead’s Tribute to Saul (1 Chronicles 10:11–14)
11 ULT And the dwellers of Jabesh Gilead heard about it, what the Philistines had done to Saul. BSB BSB: When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 ULT And all of the men of valor arose and went all of the night and took the corpse of Saul and the corpses of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan. And they came{ to} Jabesh, and they burned them there. BSB BSB: all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.
13 ULT And they took their bones and buried{ them} under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh. And they fasted seven days. BSB BSB: Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
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