1 Chronicles 10

1Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel; and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.

1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down wounded in mount Gelboe.

2And the Philistines went hard after Saul and his sons, and put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

2And the Philistines drew near pursuing after Saul, and his sons, and they killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchisua the sons of Saul.

3And the fight was going against Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

3And the battle grew hard against Saul and the archers reached him, and wounded him with arrows.

4Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, falling on it himself.

4And Saul said to his armourbearer: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest these uncircumcised come, and mock me. But his armourbearer would not, for he was struck with fear: so Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

5And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and came to his death.

5And when his armourbearer saw it, to wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died.

6So death overtook Saul and his three sons; all his family came to an end together.

6So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house fell together.

7And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the men of Israel had gone in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they went in flight away from their towns; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.

7And when the men of Israel, that dwelt in the plains, saw this, they fled: and Saul and his sons being dead, they forsook their cities, and were scattered up and down: and the Philistines came, and dwelt in them.

8Now the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his sons dead in Mount Gilboa.

8And the next day the Philistines taking away the spoils of them that were slain, found Saul and his sons lying on mount Gelboe.

9And they took everything off him, and took his head and his war-dress, and sent word into the land of the Philistines round about to give the news to their gods and to the people.

9And when they had stripped him, and out off his head, and taken away his armour, they sent it into their land, to be carried about, and shewn in the temples of the idols and to the people.

10And they put his war-dress in the house of their gods, and put up his head in the house of Dagon.

10And his armour they dedicated in the temple of their god, and his head they fastened up in the temple of Dagon.

11And when the news came to Jabesh-gilead of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

11And when the men of Jabes Galaad had heard this, to wit, all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

12All the fighting-men came up and took away Saul's body and the bodies of his sons, and took them to Jabesh, and put their bones to rest under the oak-tree in Jabesh, and took no food for seven days.

12All the valiant men of them arose, and took the bodies of Saul and of his sons, and brought them to Jabes, and buried their bones under the oak that was in Jabes, and they fasted seven days.

13So death came to Saul because of the sin which he did against the Lord, that is, because of the word of the Lord which he kept not; and because he went for directions to one who had an evil spirit,

13So Saul died for his iniquities, because he transgressed the commandment of the Lord, which he had commanded, and kept it not: and moreover consulted also a witch,

14And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.

14And trusted not in the Lord: therefore he slew him, and transferred his kingdom to David the son of Isai.