¹A Filištíni bojovali proti Izraelovi, a mužovia Izraelovi utekali pred Filištínmi a padali pobití na vrchu Gilboe.

¹Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

²A Filištíni stíhali Saula a jeho synov ženúc sa tesne za nimi. A tak zabili Filištíni Jonatána, Abinadába a Malkišuu, synov Saulových.

²And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

³A tedy tiaž boja sa obrátila proti Saulovi, a keď nadišli na neho strelci, mužovia s lukami, veľmi sa triasol pred tými strelcami.

³And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.

⁴Vtedy riekol Saul svojmu zbrojnošovi: Vytiahni svoj meč a prebodni ma ním, aby neprišli títo neobrezanci a neprebodli ma oni a neurobili si zo mňa posmechu! Ale jeho zbrojnoš nechcel, lebo sa bál veľmi. Vtedy pochytil Saul meč a naľahol naň.

⁴Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

⁵A keď videl jeho zbrojnoš, že zomrel Saul, naľahol aj on na svoj meč a zomrel s ním.

⁵And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.

⁶A tak zomrel Saul a jeho traja synovia a jeho zbrojnoš i všetci jeho mužovia toho dňa spolu.

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

⁷A keď videli mužovia Izraelovi, ktorí boli na druhej strane doliny, jako aj tí, ktorí boli za Jordánom, že utekajú mužovia Izraelovi, a že zomrel Saul i jeho synovia, opustili tie mestá a tiež utekali. A prišli Filištíni a bývali v nich.

⁷And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were beyond 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.

⁸A stalo sa na druhý deň, že prišli Filištíni, aby olúpili pobitých. A našli Saula a jeho troch synov ležať padlých na vrchu Gilboe.

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

⁹A odťali jeho hlavu, zobrali mu jeho zbraň a poslali po zemi Filištínov dookola, aby to s radosťou zvestovali v dome ich modiel i ľudu.

⁹And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto the house of their idols, and to the people.

¹⁰Potom složili jeho zbraň v dome Astaróty a jeho mŕtve telo pribili na múre mesta Bét-šána.

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

¹¹Ale keď počuli o tom obyvatelia Jabeš-gileáda, o tom, čo urobili Filištíni Saulovi,

¹¹And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul,

¹²vzchopili sa všetci chrabrí mužovia a išli celú noc a vzali mŕtve telo Saulovo i mŕtve telá jeho synov s múra mesta Bét-šána a keď prišli do Jabeša, spálili ich tam.

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 they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

¹³Potom vzali ich kosti a pochovali ich pod tým stromom v Jabeši a postili sa sedem dní.

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