Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Now the Philistines fought against Israel :
and the men of Israel fled from
before the
Philistines
, and fell down
slain on Mount Gilboa.
Now the Philistines fought against Israel ,
and the men of Israel fled before them
, and many
fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
The Philistines followed hard after Saul and after
his sons ;
and the
Philistines
killed Jonathan, and
Abinadab, and Malchishua ,
the
sons
of
Saul
.
The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons ,
and they
killed Saul’s
sons
Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
The battle went
sore
against Saul, and
the archers overtook him ;
and he
was
distressed
by
reason
of
the
archers
.
When
the battle intensified
against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded
him
.
Then said
Saul to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword ,
and thrust
me
through therewith
, lest
these uncircumcised come and abuse
me .
But his armor-bearer would
not;
for
he
was sore
afraid
. Therefore
Saul took his sword ,
and fell on it.
Then Saul said
to his armor-bearer, “
Draw your sword and run
it
through me
, 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.
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise
fell on his sword ,
and died.
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too
fell on his own
sword and died.
So Saul died ,
and
his three sons ;
and all his house died
together
.
So Saul died together
with
his three sons and all his house.
When all the men
of
Israel
who
were
in the valley saw that they
fled ,
and that Saul and his sons were
dead
, they forsook
their cities ,
and fled;
and
the Philistines came and lived
in
them
.
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
.
It
happened
on
the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain
, that
they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead
, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
They stripped him
, and
took
his head, and
his armor, and sent into
the land of the Philistines round
about,
to carry
the news to
their idols ,
and to
the
people.
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.
They put his armor in the house
of their gods ,
and fastened
his head in the house
of Dagon.
They put his armor in the temple
of their gods and hung
his head in the temple
of Dagon.
When all
Jabesh Gilead heard all
that
the Philistines had done to Saul,
When the
people
of
Jabesh -
gilead heard about
everything
the Philistines had done to Saul,
all the
valiant
men arose,
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.
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.
So Saul died for his trespass
which
he
committed
against
Yahweh
, because of
the word of Yahweh,
which
he
didn't
keep;
and also
because
he
asked
counsel
of
one
who
had
a familiar
spirit,
to
inquire
[thereby]
,
So Saul died for his unfaithfulness
to
the
LORD
, because he
did
not
keep
the word of the
LORD
and even
consulted
a medium
for
guidance
,
and didn't
inquire of Yahweh:
therefore
he
killed
him ,
and turned the kingdom to David the
son of Jesse.
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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