Ang Kamatayan ni Saul at ng Kanyang mga Anak
(1 Cro. 10:1-12)
1Nakipaglaban ang mga Filisteo sa mga Israelita sa Bundok ng Gilboa. Maraming namatay sa mga Israelita, at ang iba sa kanilaʼy nagsitakas. 2Hinabol ng mga Filisteo si Saul at ang mga anak niyang lalaki, at pinatay nila ang mga anak niyang sina Jonatan, Abinadab at Malki Shua. 3Matindi ang labanan nina Saul at ng mga Filisteo. Tinamaan siya ng pana at malubhang nasugatan. 4Sinabi ni Saul sa tagapagdala ng kanyang armas, “Bunutin mo ang iyong espada at patayin ako, dahil kung hindi, silang mga hindi nakakakilala sa Dios31:4 hindi nakakakilala sa Dios: sa literal, hindi tuli. ang papatay sa akin, at pagtatawanan pa nila ako.” Pero natakot ang tagapagdala niya ng armas na patayin siya, kaya kinuha ni Saul ang sarili niyang espada, at sinaksak ang sarili. 5Nang makita ng tagapagdala ng armas na patay na si Saul, sinaksak din niya ang kanyang sarili at namatay sa tabi ni Saul. 6Kaya nang araw na iyon, namatay si Saul, ang tatlo niyang anak na lalaki, ang tagapagdala niya ng armas at ang lahat ng tauhan niya.
7Nakita ng mga Israelitang nakatira sa kabilang bahagi ng lambak ng Jezreel at sa kabilang ilog ng Jordan ang pagtakas ng mga sundalong Israelita at pagkamatay ni Saul at ng kanyang mga anak. Kaya iniwan nila ang kani-kanilang bayan at nagsitakas. Dahil doon, pinasok at tinirhan ng mga Filisteo ang mga bayang ito.
8Kinabukasan, nang pumunta ang mga Filisteo sa Bundok ng Gilboa para kunin ang mahahalagang bagay sa mga namatay na sundalo, nakita nila ang bangkay ni Saul at ng kanyang tatlong anak. 9Pinugutan nila ng ulo si Saul, at kinuha ang kanyang armas. Pagkatapos nito, nagsugo sila ng mga mensahero sa buong lupain ng Filisteo para ibalita sa templo ng kanilang dios-diosan at mga kababayan ang kamatayan ni Saul. 10Inilagay nila ang armas ni Saul sa templo ng diosa nilang si Ashtoret, at isinabit ang bangkay nito sa pader ng lungsod ng Bet Shan.
11Nang mabalitaan ng mga taga-Jabes Gilead ang ginawa ng mga Filisteo kay Saul, 12lumakad ang lahat ng matatapang nilang mandirigma nang buong gabi hanggang sa makarating sila sa Bet Shan. Kinuha nila ang bangkay ni Saul at ng kanyang mga anak mula sa pader ng Bet Shan at dinala sa Jabes at sinunog ang mga ito roon. 13Pagkatapos, kinuha nila ang mga buto, inilibing sa ilalim ng punong tamarisko sa Jabes, at nag-ayuno sila sa loob ng pitong araw.
Saul Takes His Own Life
1The Philistines fought against the Israelites. The Israelites ran away from them. But many Israelites were killed on Mount Gilboa. 2The Philistines kept chasing Saul and his sons. They killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua. 3The fighting was heavy around Saul. Men who were armed with bows and arrows caught up with him. They shot their arrows at him and wounded him badly.
4Saul spoke to the man carrying his armor. He said, “Pull out your sword. Stick it through me. If you don’t, these fellows who aren’t circumcised will come. They’ll stick their swords through me and hurt me badly.”
But the man was terrified. He wouldn’t do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it. 5The man saw that Saul was dead. So he fell on his own sword and died with him. 6Saul and his three sons died together that same day. The man who carried his armor also died with them that day. So did all of Saul’s men.
7The Israelites who lived along the valley saw that their army had run away. So did those who lived across the Jordan River. They saw that Saul and his sons were dead. So they left their towns and ran away. Then the Philistines came and made their homes in them.
8The day after the Philistines had won the battle, they came to take what they wanted from the dead bodies. They found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa. 9So they cut off Saul’s head. They took his armor from his body. Then they sent messengers through the whole land of the Philistines. They announced the news in the temple where they had set up statues of their gods. They also announced it among their people. 10They put Saul’s armor in the temple where they had set up statues of female gods that were named Ashtoreth. They hung his body up on the wall of Beth Shan.
11The people of Jabesh Gilead heard about what the Philistines had done to Saul. 12So all their brave men marched through the night to Beth Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth Shan. They brought them to Jabesh. There they burned them. 13Then they got the bones of Saul and his sons and buried them under a tamarisk tree at Jabesh. They didn’t eat anything for seven days.
