| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. | 1The Philistines fought against Israel, and Israel's men fled from them. Many were killed on Mount Gilboa. |
| 2And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons. | 2The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons and killed his sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua. |
| 3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. | 3When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers caught up with him and severely wounded him. |
| 4Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. | 4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me." But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it. |
| 5And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. | 5When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him. |
| 6So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. | 6So on that day, Saul died together with his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men. |
| 7And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. | 7When the men of Israel on the other side of the valley and on the other side of the Jordan saw that Israel's men had run away and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. So the Philistines came and settled in them. |
| 8And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. | 8The next day when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa. |
| 9And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. | 9They cut off Saul's head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to spread the good news in the temples of their idols and among the people. |
| 10And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan. | 10Then they put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan. |
| 11And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; | 11When the residents of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, |
| 12All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. | 12all their brave men set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there. |
| 13And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. | 13Afterward, they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days. |
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