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 on
Saul and on
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
greatly
distressed
by
reason
of
the
archers
.
When
the battle intensified
against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded
him
critically
.
Then said
Saul to his armor bearer, Draw your sword ,
and thrust
me
through therewith
, lest
these uncircumcised come and thrust
me through ,
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 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.
When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise
fell on his sword ,
and died with him.
When his armor -
bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too
fell on his own
sword and died with him.
So Saul died
, and
his three sons, and
his armor bearer, and all his men ,
that same day together
.
So Saul, his three sons, his armor -
bearer, and all his men died
together
that same day.
When the men
of
Israel
who
were
on the other side of the valley,
and
those
who
were
beyond
the
Jordan ,
saw that the men
of Israel fled ,
and that Saul and his sons were
dead
, they forsook
the
cities ,
and fled;
and
the Philistines came and lived
in
them
.
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
.
It
happened
on
the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain
, that
they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead
, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
They cut off his
head, and
stripped off his armor, and sent into
the land of the Philistines round
about,
to carry
the news to
the house
of their idols ,
and to
the
people.
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.
They put his armor in the house
of the Ashtaroth;
and they
fastened
his body to
the wall of Beth-shan.
They put his armor in the temple
of the Ashtoreths
and hung
his body on
the wall of Beth-shan.
When the inhabitants
of Jabesh Gilead heard concerning
him
that
which
the Philistines had done to Saul,
When the people
of Jabesh -
gilead heard what
the Philistines had done to Saul,
all the
valiant
men arose
, and
went
all night, and took
the body
of Saul and the
bodies
of
his sons from the wall of Beth-shan ;
and
they came
to
Jabesh, and
burnt
them
there.
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.
They took their bones ,
and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
Then
they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they
fasted seven days.
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