1 Chronicles, 10

1. Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

1. The Philistines attacked Israel, and the Israelites fled or were killed on Mount Gilboa.

2. And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

2. The Philistines caught up with Saul and killed Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

3. And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.

3. The fighting grew heavy about Saul; he was hit by enemy arrows and badly wounded.

4. Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

4. Then Saul said to the young man carrying his weapon, "Draw your sword and kill me. I do not want these godless Philistines to come and gloat over me." But the young man was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it.

5. And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.

5. Then the young man threw himself on his sword too and died.

6. So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.

6. And so Saul died, he and his three sons and all his own together.

7. And when all the men of Israel that [were] in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

7. All the Israelites who were in the valley heard that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead. So they abandoned their towns and ran away. The Philistines then came in and occupied them.

8. And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

8. When the Philistines came on the following day to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons lying on Mount Gilboa.

9. And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.

9. They stripped him and, taking his head and his armor, had them carried around the land of the Philistines to proclaim the good news to their idols and their people.

10. And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

10. They placed his armor in the temple of their god, but his head they hung in the temple of Dagon.

11. And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

11. When all the people of Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

12. They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

12. the valiant men went and took the bodies of Saul and his sons away and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the oak tree in Jabesh, and they fasted for seven days.

13. So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, [even] against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking [counsel] of [one that had] a familiar spirit, to enquire [of it];

13. Saul died because he had been unfaithful to Yahweh: he had disobeyed the commands of Yahweh; he had even consulted the spirits of the dead.

14. And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

14. As he had not consulted Yahweh, Yahweh put him to death and gave control of the kingdom to David son of Jesse.