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1 Samuel 31 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

1Sa 31:1

1Sa 31:1And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa,

1Sa 31:2

1Sa 31:2and the Philistines follow Saul and his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, sons of Saul.

1Sa 31:3

1Sa 31:3And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him -- men with bow -- and he is pained greatly by the archers;

1Sa 31:4

1Sa 31:4and Saul saith to the bearer of his weapons, 'Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come -- these uncircumcised -- and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me;' and the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it.

1Sa 31:5

1Sa 31:5And the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul is dead, and he falleth -- he also -- on his sword, and dieth with him;

1Sa 31:6

1Sa 31:6and Saul dieth, and three of his sons, and the bearer of his weapons, also all his men, on that day together.

1Sa 31:7

1Sa 31:7And they see -- the men of Israel, who are beyond the valley, and who are beyond the Jordan -- that the men of Israel have fled, and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake the cities and flee, and Philistines come in, and dwell in them.

1Sa 31:8

1Sa 31:8And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa,

1Sa 31:9

1Sa 31:9and they cut off his head, and strip off his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim tidings in the house of their idols, and among the people;

1Sa 31:10

1Sa 31:10and they place his weapons in the house of Ashtaroth, and his body they have fixed on the wall of Beth-Shan.

1Sa 31:11

1Sa 31:11And they hear regarding it -- the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead -- that which the Philistines have done to Saul,

1Sa 31:12

1Sa 31:12and all the men of valour arise, and go all the night, and take the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth-Shan, and come in to Jabesh, and burn them there,

1Sa 31:13

1Sa 31:13and they take their bones, and bury them under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fast seven days.
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