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1. Chronicles
1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.2And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.4Then 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.5And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.6So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.7And 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.8And 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.9And 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.10And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.11And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,12They 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.13So 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 ;14And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
1وَحَارَبَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَهَرَبَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَمَامِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَسَقَطُوا قَتْلَى فِي جَبَلِ جِلْبُوعَ.2وَشَدَّ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَرَاءَ شَاوُلَ وَوَرَاءَ بَنِيهِ، وَضَرَبَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ يُونَاثَانَ وَأَبِينَادَابَ وَمَلْكِيشُوعَ أَبْنَاءَ شَاوُلَ.3وَاشْتَدَّتِ الْحَرْبُ عَلَى شَاوُلَ فَأَصَابَتْهُ رُمَاةُ الْقِسِيِّ، فَانْجَرَحَ مِنَ الرُّمَاةِ.4فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِحَامِلِ سِلاَحِهِ، اسْتَلَّ سَيْفَكَ وَاطْعَنِّي بِهِ لِئَلاَّ يَأْتِيَ هَؤُلاَءِ الْغُلْفُ وَيُقَبِّحُونِي. فَلَمْ يَشَأْ حَامِلُ سِلاَحِهِ لأَنَّهُ خَافَ جِدّاً. فَأَخَذَ شَاوُلُ السَّيْفَ وَسَقَطَ عَلَيْهِ.5فَلَمَّا رَأَى حَامِلُ سِلاَحِهِ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ شَاوُلُ، سَقَطَ هُوَ أَيْضاً عَلَى السَّيْفِ وَمَاتَ.6فَمَاتَ شَاوُلُ وَبَنُوهُ الثَّلاَثَةُ وَكُلُّ بَيْتِهِ، مَاتُوا مَعاً.7وَلَمَّا رَأَى جَمِيعُ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ فِي الْوَادِي أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ هَرَبُوا، وَأَنَّ شَاوُلَ وَبَنِيهِ قَدْ مَاتُوا، تَرَكُوا مُدُنَهُمْ وَهَرَبُوا، فَأَتَى الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَسَكَنُوا بِهَا.8وَفِي الْغَدِ لَمَّا جَاءَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ لِيُعَرُّوا الْقَتْلَى وَجَدُوا شَاوُلَ وَبَنِيهِ سَاقِطِينَ فِي جَبَلِ جِلْبُوعَ،9فَعَرَّوْهُ وَأَخَذُوا رَأْسَهُ وَسِلاَحَهُ، وَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ فِي كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ لأَجْلِ تَبْشِيرِ أَصْنَامِهِمْ وَالشَّعْبِ.10وَوَضَعُوا سِلاَحَهُ فِي بَيْتِ آلِهَتِهِمْ، وَسَمَّرُوا رَأْسَهُ فِي بَيْتِ دَاجُونَ.11وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ كُلُّ يَابِيشِ جِلْعَادَ بِكُلِّ مَا فَعَلَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ بِشَاوُلَ،12قَامَ كُلُّ ذِي بَأْسٍ وَأَخَذُوا جُثَّةَ شَاوُلَ وَجُثَثَ بَنِيهِ وَجَاءُوا بِهَا إِلَى يَابِيشَ، وَدَفَنُوا عِظَامَهُمْ تَحْتَ الْبُطْمَةِ فِي يَابِيشَ، وَصَامُوا سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ.13فَمَاتَ شَاوُلُ بِخِيَانَتِهِ الَّتِي بِهَا خَانَ الرَّبَّ مِنْ أَجْلِ كَلاَمِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي لَمْ يَحْفَظْهُ. وَأَيْضاً لأَجْلِ طَلَبِهِ إِلَى الْجَانِّ لِلسُّؤَالِ14وَلَمْ يَسْأَلْ مِنَ الرَّبِّ، فَأَمَاتَهُ وَحَوَّلَ الْمَمْلَكَةَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ بْنِ يَسَّى.