1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.10.1 slain: or, wounded 2And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.10.2 Abinadab: also called, Ishui 3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.10.3 and the archers: Heb. and the shooters with bows10.3 hit: Heb. found 4Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.10.4 abuse me: or, mock me 5And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died. 6So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together. 7And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their 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 sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 9And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people. 10And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
11¶ And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, 12They arose, all the valiant men, 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.
13¶ So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;10.13 committed: Heb. transgressed 14And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.10.14 Jesse: Heb. Isai
掃羅之死
1非利士人與以色列人交戰，以色列人敗逃，許多人在基利波山被殺。 2非利士人窮追掃羅及其眾子，殺了掃羅的兒子約拿單、亞比拿達和麥基舒亞。 3掃羅周圍的戰鬥非常猛烈，他被弓箭手發現、射成重傷， 4就對為他拿兵器的人說：「拔出你的刀來刺死我吧！免得那些未受割禮的人來凌辱我。」但拿兵器的人非常害怕，不敢動手，掃羅就自己伏刀自盡。 5拿兵器的人看見掃羅已死，也伏刀自盡了。 6這樣，掃羅和他的三個兒子及全家都死了。 7住在山谷中的以色列人看見以色列軍敗逃、掃羅及其眾子已死，都棄城而逃。於是，非利士人佔領了那些城邑。 8次日，非利士人來剝陣亡者的衣物，發現掃羅及其眾子橫屍基利波山， 9就剝下掃羅的盔甲，割下他的頭顱，並派人到非利士四境向他們的偶像和民眾通告消息。 10他們將掃羅的盔甲放在他們的神廟裡，把他的頭顱掛在大袞神廟中。 11基列·雅比人聽見非利士人對掃羅的所作所為， 12他們所有的勇士就去把掃羅和他兒子們的屍體運到雅比，葬在雅比的橡樹下，並禁食七天。 13掃羅死了，因為他對耶和華不忠，不聽從祂的教誨，甚至去求問靈媒， 14而不求問耶和華。因此，耶和華使他被殺，把王位交給了耶西的兒子大衛。
