Filisterne kjempet mot Israel, og israelittene flyktet for filisterne og falt såret på Gilboafjellet.

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

Filisterne forfulgte Saul og hans sønner, og drepte Jonatan, Abinadab og Malki-Sjua, Sauls sønner.

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

Kampen raste mot Saul, og bueskytterne traff ham, og han ble såret av dem.

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

Da sa Saul til væpneren sin: Trekk sverdet ditt og stikk det gjennom meg før de uomskårne kommer og gjør narr av meg. Men væpneren ble grepet av frykt og ville ikke gjøre det. Da tok Saul sitt eget sverd og kastet seg over det.

Then 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.

Da væpneren så at Saul var død, gjorde han det samme og døde også.

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

Slik døde Saul og hans tre sønner; hele hans familie gikk under sammen.

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

Da alle israelittene i dalen så at hæren hadde flyktet og at Saul og hans sønner var døde, forlot de byene sine og flyktet, og filisterne kom og slo seg ned der.

And 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.

Dagen etter kom filisterne for å plyndre de døde, og de fant Saul og hans sønner døde på Gilboafjellet.

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

De tok alt fra ham, tok hodet og rustningen hans, og sendte bud rundt om i filisternenes land for å kunngjøre dette til sine guder og til folket.

And 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.

De la rustningen hans i huset til sine guder og festet hodet i Dagons tempel.

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

Da innbyggerne i Jabesh-gilead fikk høre hva filisterne hadde gjort mot Saul,

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

kom alle deres stridsdyktige menn og hentet Sauls legeme og hans sønners legemer. De tok dem til Jabesh og begravde deres ben under eiketreet i Jabesh, og fastet i syv dager.

All 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.

Sauls død kom på grunn av ulydigheten mot Herren, ved at han ikke fulgte Herrens ord og søkte veiledning hos en som hadde en ond ånd.

So 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,

Og ikke hos Herren: derfor lot han ham dø, og riket ble gitt til David, Isais sønn.

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