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

¹Filisterne angreb Israel; og Israeals Mænd flygtede for Filisterne, og de faldne lå rundt om på Gilboas Bjerg.

²The Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

²Og Filisterne forfulgte Saul og hans Sønner og dræbte Sauls Sønner, Jonatan, Abinadab og Malkisjua.

³The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers.

³Kampen rasede om Saul, og han blev opdaget af Bueskytterne og grebes af stor Angst for dem.

⁴Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.” But his armor bearer would not; for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.

⁴Da sagde Saul til sin Våbendrager: "Drag dit Sværd og gennembor mig, for at ikke disse uomskårne skal komme og mishandle mig!" Men Våbendrageren vilde ikke, thi han gøs tilbage derfor. Da tog Saul Sværdet og styrtede sig i det,

⁵When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died.

⁵og da Våbendrageren så, at Saul var død, styrtede også han sig i sit Sværd og døde.

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

⁶Således fulgtes Saul, hans tre Sønner og hele hans Slægt i Døden.

⁷When all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.

⁷Men da alle Israeliteme i Dalen så, at Israels Mænd var flygtet, og at Saul og hans Sønner var faldet, forlod de deres Byer og flygtede, hvorpå Filisterne kom og besatte dem.

⁸It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

⁸Da Filisterne Dagen efter kom for at plyndre de faldne, fandt de Saul og hans Sønner liggende på Gilboas Bjerg.

⁹They stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to their idols, and to the people.

⁹De plyndrede ham da og tog hans hoved og Våben med sig og sendte Bud rundt iilisternes Land for at bringe deres Afguder og Folket Glædesbudet.

¹⁰They put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

¹⁰Våbnene lagde dei deres Guds Hus, men Hovedskallen hængte de op i Dagons Hus.

¹¹When all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

¹¹Men da alle de, som boede i Gilead, hørte alt, hvad Filisterne havde gjort ved Saul,

¹²all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

¹²brød alle våbenføre Mænd op, og de tog Sauls og hans Sønners Lig ned, bragte dem med til Jabesj og jordede deres Ben under Terebinten i Jabesj og fastede syv Dage.

¹³So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Yahweh, because of the word of Yahweh, which he didn’t keep; and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire,

¹³Således døde Saul for den Utroskabs Skyld, han havde vist HERREN, fordi han ikke havde givet Agt på HERRENs Ord, også fordi han havde adspurgt en Ånd for at få et Råd

¹⁴and didn’t inquire of Yahweh: therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

¹⁴og ikke søgt; Råd hos HERREN. Derfor lod han ham dø, og Kongemagten lod han gå over til David, Isajs Søn.