| New Living Translation | King James Bible |
| 1Now the Philistines attacked Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them. Many were slaughtered on the slopes of Mount Gilboa. | 1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. |
| 2The Philistines closed in on Saul and his sons, and they killed three of his sons—Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malkishua. | 2And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. |
| 3The fighting grew very fierce around Saul, and the Philistine archers caught up with him and wounded him. | 3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. |
| 4Saul groaned to his armor bearer, “Take your sword and kill me before these pagan Philistines come to taunt and torture me.” But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it. | 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. |
| 5When his armor bearer realized that Saul was dead, he fell on his own sword and died. | 5And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died. |
| 6So Saul and his three sons died there together, bringing his dynasty to an end. | 6So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together. |
| 7When all the Israelites in the Jezreel Valley saw that their army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled. So the Philistines moved in and occupied their towns. | 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. |
| 8The next day, when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found the bodies of Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa. | 8And 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. |
| 9So they stripped off Saul’s armor and cut off his head. Then they proclaimed the good news of Saul’s death before their idols and to the people throughout the land of Philistia. | 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. |
| 10They placed his armor in the temple of their gods, and they fastened his head to the temple of Dagon. | 10And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon. |
| 11But when everyone in Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul, | 11And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, |
| 12all their mighty warriors brought the bodies of Saul and his sons back to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones beneath the great tree at Jabesh, and they fasted for seven days. | 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. |
| 13So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD. He failed to obey the LORD’s command, and he even consulted a medium | 13So 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 inquire of it; |
| 14instead of asking the LORD for guidance. So the LORD killed him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse. | 14And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. |
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