1 Chronicles, 10

1. The Philistines gave battle to Israel and the Israelites, fleeing from the Philistines, fell and were slaughtered on Mount Gilboa.

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

2. The Philistines bore down on Saul and his sons, and they killed Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchishua, Saul's sons.

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.

3. The fighting grew fiercer round Saul; the archers came upon him, and he was wounded by the archers.

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

4. Saul then said to his armour-bearer, 'Draw your sword and run me through with it. I do not want these uncircumcised men to come and make fun of me.' But his armour-bearer was very much afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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.

5. His armour-bearer, seeing that Saul was dead, fell on his sword too and died with him.

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

6. Thus died Saul, his three sons and his entire household together.

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

7. When all the Israelites who were in the valley saw that the Israelites had been routed and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled. The Philistines then came and occupied them.

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.

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

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.

9. They stripped him and, taking his head and his armour, had these carried round the territory of the Philistines to proclaim the good news to their idols and their people.

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.

10. They placed his armour in the temple of their gods and nailed his head up in the temple of Dagon.

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

11. When all the inhabitants of Jabesh in Gilead heard everything that the Philistines had done to Saul,

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

12. the warriors all set out and took the bodies of Saul and his sons away; they brought them to Jabesh and buried their bones under the tamarisk of Jabesh and fasted for seven days.

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.

13. Thus died Saul in the infidelity of which he had been guilty towards Yahweh, in that he had not obeyed the word of Yahweh and because he had consulted a necromancer for guidance.

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];

14. He had not consulted Yahweh, who therefore caused his death and transferred the monarchy to David son of Jesse.

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