от Bulgarian Bible Society1А филистимците воюваха с израилтяните, и мъжете израилски побягнаха от филистимци и паднаха поразени на планина Гелвуя. (1 Лет 10:1)2Филистимци застигнаха Саула и синовете му; филистимци убиха Ионатана, Аминадава и Малхисуа, Саулови синове. (1 Цар 14:49)3Битката против Саула стана жестока, и стрели от лъкове го поразяваха; той бе много изранен от стрелите.4И Саул рече на оръженосеца си: изтегли меча си и ме заколи с него, да не дойдат ония необрязани и ме убият и да се не подиграват с мене. Но оръженосецът не искаше, понеже се много боеше. Тогава Саул взе меча си и падна върху него.5Оръженосецът му, като видя, че Саул умря, и сам падна върху меча си и умря с него.6Тъй умря в оня ден Саул и тримата му синове и оръженосецът му, а също и всичките му люде наедно. (1 Цар 28:19; 1 Лет 10:6)7Израилтяните, които живееха към долината и отвъд Иордан, като видяха, че людете израилски побягнаха и че умря Саул и синовете му, напуснаха градовете си и побягнаха, а филистимци дойдоха и се заселиха в тях. (1 Лет 10:7)8На другия ден филистимците дойдоха да ограбват убитите и намериха Саула и тримата му синове, които бяха паднали на Гелвуйската планина.9Обърнаха го и му отсякоха главата, снеха от него оръжието и разпратиха по цялата земя Филистимска, да разгласят това по капищата на своите идоли и на народа;10и положиха оръжието му в капището на Астарта, а тялото му окачиха на стената Бет-Санска. (2 Цар 21:12)11Жителите на Иавис Галаадски чуха какво бяха направили филистимците със Саула, (2 Цар 2:4)12вдигнаха се всички силни люде, вървяха цяла нощ, взеха тялото на Саула и телата на синовете му от стената Бет-Санска, дойдоха в Иавис и ги изгориха там; (2 Цар 2:4)13взеха костите им и ги погребаха под дъба в Иавис, и постиха седем дена. (2 Цар 21:12; 1 Лет 10:12)
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 armour. 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 armour 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 River Jordan. 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 armour 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 armour 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.