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| ופלשתים נלחמים בישראל וינסו אנשי ישראל מפני פלשתים ויפלו חללים בהר הגלבע׃ | 1 |
And [the] Philistines [were] fighting against Israel and they fled [the] men of Israel from before [the] Philistines and they fell slain on [the] mountain of Gilboa.
| וידבקו פלשתים את שאול ואת בניו ויכו פלשתים את יהונתן ואת אבינדב ואת מלכי שוע בני שאול׃ | 2 |
And they pursued closely [the] Philistines Saul and sons his and they struck down [the] Philistines Jonathan and Abinadab and Malki-Shua [the] sons of Saul.
| ותכבד המלחמה אל שאול וימצאהו המורים אנשים בקשת ויחל מאד מהמורים׃ | 3 |
And it was heavy the battle against Saul and they found him the archers men with the bow and he was in severe pain exceedingly from the archers.
| ויאמר שאול לנשא כליו שלף חרבך ודקרני בה פן יבואו הערלים האלה ודקרני והתעללו בי ולא אבה נשא כליו כי ירא מאד ויקח שאול את החרב ויפל עליה׃ | 4 |
And he said Saul to [the] bearer of armor his draw out sword your - and pierce through me with it lest they should come the uncircumcised [men] these and they will pierce through me and they will deal wantonly with me and not he was willing [the] bearer of armor his for he was afraid exceedingly and he took Saul the sword and he fell on it.
| וירא נשא כליו כי מת שאול ויפל גם הוא על חרבו וימת עמו׃ | 5 |
And he saw [the] bearer of armor his that he had died Saul and he fell also he on sword his and he died with him.
| וימת שאול ושלשת בניו ונשא כליו גם כל אנשיו ביום ההוא יחדו׃ | 6 |
And he died Saul and [the] three sons his and [the] bearer of armor his also all men his on the day that together.
| ויראו אנשי ישראל אשר בעבר העמק ואשר בעבר הירדן כי נסו אנשי ישראל וכי מתו שאול ובניו ויעזבו את הערים וינסו ויבאו פלשתים וישבו בהן׃ | 7 |
And they saw [the] men of Israel who [were] on [the] other side of the valley and who - [were] on [the] other side of the Jordan that they had fled [the] men of Israel and that they had died Saul and sons his and they abandoned the cities and they fled and they came [the] Philistines and they dwelt in them.
| ויהי ממחרת ויבאו פלשתים לפשט את החללים וימצאו את שאול ואת שלשת בניו נפלים בהר הגלבע׃ | 8 |
And it was from [the] next day and they came [the] Philistines to strip the [ones] slain and they found Saul and [the] three sons his fallen on [the] mountain of Gilboa.
| ויכרתו את ראשו ויפשיטו את כליו וישלחו בארץ פלשתים סביב לבשר בית עצביהם ואת העם׃ | 9 |
And they cut off head his and they stripped off armor his and they sent in [the] land of [the] Philistines all around to bear [the] news [the] house of idols their and the people.
| וישמו את כליו בית עשתרות ואת גויתו תקעו בחומת בית שן׃ | 10 |
And they put armor his [the] house of Ashtaroth and corpse his they fixed on [the] wall of Beth Shan.
| וישמעו אליו ישבי יביש גלעד את אשר עשו פלשתים לשאול׃ | 11 |
And they heard concerning him [the] inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead [that] which they had done [the] Philistines to Saul.
| ויקומו כל איש חיל וילכו כל הלילה ויקחו את גוית שאול ואת גוית בניו מחומת בית שן ויבאו יבשה וישרפו אתם שם׃ | 12 |
And they arose every man of strength and they went all the night and they took [the] corpse of Saul and [the] corpses of sons his from [the] wall of Beth Shan and they went Jabesh towards and they burned them there.
| ויקחו את עצמתיהם ויקברו תחת האשל ביבשה ויצמו שבעת ימים׃ | 13 |
And they took bones their and they buried [them] under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh and they fasted seven days.
