1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul’s sons. 3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. 4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
7 ¶ And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side 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.
8 And 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. 9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. 10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
11 ¶ And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; 12 All 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 burnt them there. 13 And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
31–BOB
Shoul bilan oʻgʻillari halok boʻladilar
1 Filistlar esa shu paytda Isroil lashkari bilan jang qilishayotgan edi. Isroil lashkari Filistlarning oldiga tushib qochdi, koʻplari Gilbova togʻida halok boʻldi. 2 Endi Filistlar Shoul bilan uning oʻgʻillari ortidan tushdilar. Natijada Shoulning oʻgʻillari Yoʻnatan, Abunadav va Malkishuva oʻldirildi. 3 Shoulning atrofida jang tobora avjiga chiqdi. Shu payt Filist kamonkashlari Shoulga qarata oʻq otdilar. Shoul ogʻir yaralandi. 4 U qurolbardoriga:
— Qilichingni sugʻurgin–da, menga sanch, toki anavi sunnatsizlar kelib, menga qilich solib, xoʻrlamasinlar, — dedi. Lekin qurolbardori qoʻrqdi, Shoulning aytganini qilmadi. Shunda Shoul qilichini qinidan sugʻurib, oʻzini qilich ustiga tashladi. 5 Qurolbardori ham Shoulning halok boʻlganini koʻrib, oʻzini qilichi ustiga tashlab, Shoul bilan birga oʻldi. 6 Shunday qilib, Shoul, uning uchala oʻgʻli, qurolbardori va hamma sipohlari bir kundayoq halok boʻlishdi.
7 Yizril vodiysining naryogʻida va Iordan daryosining sharq tomonida yashaydigan Isroil xalqi oʻz sipohlarining qochganini, Shoul bilan oʻgʻillari oʻlganini koʻrishdi–yu, shaharlarini tashlab qochishdi. Filistlar bu shaharlarga kelib oʻrnashib olishdi.
8 Ertasi kuni Filistlar halok boʻlganlarni talon–taroj qilgani jang maydoniga kelishdi. Birdan ular Gilbova togʻida Shoul bilan uchala oʻgʻlining jasadi yotganini koʻrib qolishdi. 9 Ular Shoulning boshini kesib, qurollarini olishdi. Filist yurti boʻylab xabarchilar joʻnatib, bu xushxabarni oʻz butxonalarida eʼlon qilib, xalqqa eshittirishdi. 10 Shoulning qurol–aslahasini Ashtaret uyiga qoʻyishdi, jasadini esa Bayt–Shan shahrining devoriga qoqib qoʻyishdi.
11 Filistlar Shoulni qanday ahvolga solganini Giladdagi Yobosh aholisi eshitib qoldi. 12 Shunda hamma jasur yigitlar tun boʻyi yurib, Bayt–Shanga borishdi. Shoul bilan oʻgʻillarining jasadlarini Bayt–Shan devoridan olib, Yobosh shahriga keltirishdi va u yerda kuydirishdi. 13 Suyaklarini yigʻishtirib, Yoboshdagi yulgʻun daraxti tagiga dafn qilgach, yetti kun roʻza tutishdi .
