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  31:1 ¶
And the Philistines fought with Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and they fall down wounded in the mountain in Gilboa{gr.Gelbue}. |
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31:1 ¶
Now the Philistines°
fought°°
against Israel:°
and the men°°
of Israel°
fled°°
from before°°
the Philistines,°
and fell down°°
slain°
in mount°
Gilboa.° |
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31:2
And the Philistines press closely on Saul and his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Amminadab{gr.Aminadab}, and Melchisa son of Saul. |
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31:2
And the Philistines°
followed hard°°
upon°°
Saul°
and upon his sons;°
and the Philistines°
slew°°°
Jonathan,°
and Abinadab,°
and Malchishua,°
Saul's°
sons.° |
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31:3
And the battle prevails against Saul, and the shooters with arrows, even the archers find him, and he was wounded under the ribs. |
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31:3
And the battle°
went sore°°
against°
Saul,°
and the archers°°°°°
hit°°
him; and he was sore°
wounded°°
of the archers.°°°°° |
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31:4
And Saul said to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword and pierce me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and pierce me through, and mock me. But his armour-bearer would not, for he feared greatly: so Saul took his sword and fell upon it. |
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31:4
Then said°°
Saul°
unto his armourbearer,°°°
Draw°°
thy sword,°
and thrust me through°°
therewith; lest°
these°
uncircumcised°
come°°
and thrust me through,°°
and abuse°°
me. But his armourbearer°°°
would°°
not;°
for°
he was sore°
afraid.°°
Therefore Saul°
took°°°
a sword,°
and fell°°
upon°
it. |
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31:5
And his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, and he fell also himself upon his sword, and died with him. |
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31:5
And when his armourbearer°°°
saw°°
that°
Saul°
was dead,°°
he°
fell°°
likewise°
upon°
his sword,°
and died°°
with°
him. |
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31:6
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, in that day together. |
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31:6
So Saul°
died,°°
and his three°
sons,°
and his armourbearer,°°°
and°
all°
his men,°°
that same°
day°
together.° |
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31:7 ¶
And the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those beyond Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead; and they leave their cities and flee: and the Philistines come and dwell in them. |
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31:7 ¶
And when the men°°
of Israel°
that°
[were] on the other side°
of the valley,°
and [they] that°
[were] on the other side°
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 dwelt°°
in them.° |
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31:8
And it came to pass on the morrow that the Philistines come to strip the dead, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on the mountains of Gilboa{gr.Gelbue}. |
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31:8
And it came to pass°
on the morrow,°°
when the Philistines°
came°°
to strip°°°
the slain,°
that they found°°°
Saul°
and his three°
sons°
fallen°°
in mount°
Gilboa.° |
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31:9
And they turned him, and stripped off his armour, and sent it into the land of the Philistines, sending round glad tidings to their idols and to the people. |
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31:9
And they cut off°°°
his head,°
and stripped off°°°
his armour,°
and sent°°
into the land°
of the Philistines°
round about,°
to publish°°
[it in] the house°
of their idols,°
and among°
the people.° |
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31:10
And they set up his armour at the temple of Ashtaroth{gr.Astarte}, and they fastened his body on the wall of Baethsam. |
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31:10
And they put°°°
his armour°
in the house°
of Ashtaroth:°°°
and they fastened°°
his body°
to the wall°
of Bethshan.° |
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31:11 ¶
And the inhabitants of Jabesh{gr.Jabis} Gilead{gr.Galaad} hear what the Philistines did to Saul. |
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31:11 ¶
And when the inhabitants°°
of Jabeshgilead°°
heard°°°°
of that which°
the Philistines°
had done°°
to Saul;° |
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31:12
And they rose up, [even] every man of might, and marched all night, and took the body of Saul and the body of Jonathan his son from the wall of Baethsam; and they bring them to Jabesh{gr.Jabis}, and burn them there. |
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31:12
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 Bethshan,°
and came°°
to Jabesh,°
and burnt°°
them there.° |
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31:13
And they take their bones, and bury them in the field that is in Jabesh{gr.Jabis}, and fast seven days. |
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31:13
And they took°°°
their bones,°
and buried°°
[them] under°
a tree°
at Jabesh,°
and fasted°°
seven°
days.° |
