¹وحارب الفلسطينيون اسرائيل فهرب رجال اسرائيل من امام الفلسطينيين وسقطوا قتلى في جبل جلبوع.

¹And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa.

²فشدّ الفلسطينيون وراء شاول وبنيه وضرب الفلسطينيون يوناثان وابيناداب وملكيشوع ابناء شاول.

²And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.

³واشتدت الحرب على شاول فاصابه الرماة رجال القسي فانجرح جدا من الرماة.

³And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers came up with him; and he was much terrified by the archers.

⁴فقال شاول لحامل سلاحه استل سيفك واطعنّي به لئلا ياتي هؤلاء الغلف ويطعنوني ويقبحوني. فلم يشأ حامل سلاحه لانه خاف جدا. فاخذ شاول السيف وسقط عليه.

⁴Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

⁵ولما رأى حامل سلاحه انه قد مات شاول سقط هو ايضا على سيفه ومات معه.

⁵And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.

⁶فمات شاول وبنوه الثلاثة وحامل سلاحه وجميع رجاله في ذلك اليوم معا.

⁶So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.

⁷ولما رأى رجال اسرائيل الذين في عبر الوادي والذين في عبر الاردن ان رجال اسرائيل قد هربوا وان شاول وبنيه قد ماتوا تركوا المدن وهربوا فاتى الفلسطينيون وسكنوا بها

⁷And when the men of Israel that were on this side of the valley, and [they] that were on this side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

⁸وفي الغد لما جاء الفلسطينيون ليعرّوا القتلى وجدوا شاول وبنيه الثلاثة ساقطين في جبل جلبوع.

⁸And it came to pass the next day, that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa.

⁹فقطعوا راسه ونزعوا سلاحه وارسلوا الى ارض الفلسطينيين في كل جهة لاجل التبشير في بيت اصنامهم وفي الشعب.

⁹And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent [them] into the land of the Philistines round about, to announce the glad tidings in the houses of their idols, and to the people.

¹⁰ووضعوا سلاحه في بيت عشتاروث وسمروا جسده على سور بيت شان.

¹⁰And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

¹¹ولما سمع سكان يابيش جلعاد بما فعل الفلسطينيون بشاول

¹¹And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead heard of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

¹²قام كل ذي بأس وساروا الليل كله واخذوا جسد شاول واجساد بنيه عن سور بيت شان وجاءوا بها الى يابيش واحرقوها هناك

¹²all the valiant men arose and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burned them there.

¹³واخذوا عظامهم ودفنوها تحت الاثلة في يابيش وصاموا سبعة ايام

¹³And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.