Da Saul hadde tatt kongedømmet over Israel, kjempet han mot alle sine fiender på alle kanter, mot Moab, mot Ammons barn, mot Edom, mot Zobahs konger, og mot filisterne. Uansett hvor han vendte seg, vant han.
Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and wherever he turned himself, he put [them] to the worse.