King Saul and His Sons Die
(1 Samuel 31.1-13)1 The Philistines fought against Israel in a battle at Mount Gilboa. Israel's soldiers ran from the Philistines, and many of them were killed. 2 The Philistines closed in on Saul and his sons and killed three of them: Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua. 3 The fighting was fierce around Saul, and he was badly wounded by enemy arrows.
4 Saul told the soldier who carried his weapons, “Kill me with your sword! I don't want those godless Philistines to torture and make fun of me.”
But the soldier was afraid to kill him. Then Saul stuck himself in the stomach with his own sword and fell on the blade. 5 When the soldier realized that Saul was dead, he killed himself in the same way.
6 Saul, three of his sons, and all his male relatives were dead. 7 The Israelites who lived in Jezreel Valley learned that their army had run away and that Saul and his sons were dead. They ran away too, and the Philistines moved into the towns the Israelites left behind.
8 The next day the Philistines came back to the battlefield to carry away the weapons of the dead Israelite soldiers. When they found the bodies of Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa, 9 they took Saul's weapons, pulled off his armor, and cut off his head. Then they sent messengers everywhere in Philistia to spread the news among their people and to thank the idols of their gods. 10 They put Saul's armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of their god Dagon.
11 When the people who lived in Jabesh in Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 some brave men went to get his body and the bodies of his three sons. The men brought the bodies back to Jabesh, where they buried them under an oak tree. Then for seven days, they went without eating to show their sorrow.
13 Saul died because he was unfaithful and disobeyed the Lord. He even asked advice from a woman who talked to spirits of the dead, 14 instead of asking the Lord. So the Lord had Saul killed and gave his kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.
موت الملك شاول
(1صم 31:1-13)1 وحارَبَ الفلِسطيُّونَ بَني إِسرائيلَ، فانهَزَمَ رجالُ إِسرائيلَ مِنْ أمامِهِم، وسقَطَ مُعظَمُهُم قَتلَى في جبَلِ جِلْبوعَ. 2 ولحِقَ الفلِسطيُّونَ شاوُلَ وبَنيهِ وقَتَلوا يوناثانَ وأبـينادابَ ومَلكيشوعَ بَني شاوُلَ. 3 واشتَدَّتِ الحربُ على شاوُلَ، وفاجأهُ الرُّماةُ بالأقواسِ فارتَعَبَ مِنهُم جِدًّا. 4 فقالَ لِحامِلِ سلاحِهِ: «إِستَلَّ سيفَكَ واطْعَنِّي بهِ لِئلاَّ يأتيَ هؤلاءِ الفلِسطيُّونَ غَيرُ المَختونينَ ويَقتُلوني ويُشَنِّعوا فيَّ». فرفَضَ حامِلُ سلاحِهِ أمرَهُ هذا لأنَّهُ خافَ جِدًّا. فأخَذَ شاوُلُ سيفَهُ وسقَطَ علَيهِ. 5 ولمَّا رأى حامِلُ سلاحِهِ أنَّهُ ماتَ، سقَطَ هوَ أيضا على سيفِهِ وماتَ معَهُ. 6 فماتَ شاوُلُ وبَنوهُ الثَّلاثَةُ، وجميعُ أهلِ بـيتِه، في ذلِكَ اليومِ. 7 ولمَّا عَلِمَ بَنو إِسرائيلَ الّذينَ في الجانِبِ الآخَرِ مِنَ الوادي أنَّ رِجالَهُم هربوا وأنَّ شاوُلَ وبنيهِ ماتوا، تَركوا المُدُنَ وهربوا هُم أيضا فجاءَ الفلِسطيُّونَ وأقاموا فيها.
8 وفي الغَدِ أقبَلَ الفلِسطيُّونَ ليَسلُبوا القَتلَى. فوَجَدوا شاوُلَ وبَنيهِ الثَّلاثَةَ قَتلَى في جبَلِ جِلْبوعَ. 9 فقَطَعُوا رأسَهُ ونزَعوا سِلاحَه، وأرسلوا يُبَشِّرونَ في أرضِهِم أصنامَهم وشعبَهُم. 10 ووضَعُوا سلاحَهُ في هَيكلِ عَشتاروتَ، وعَلَّقُوا جُمجُمَتَهُ في بَيتِ داجونَ. 11 وسَمِعَ أهلُ يابـيشَ في جلعادَ بِما فعَلَ الفلِسطيُّونَ بِشاوُلَ، 12 فنَهَضَ مُقاتِلوهُم، وأخَذوا جُثَّةَ شاوُلَ وجُثَثَ بَنيهِ وجاؤوا بِها إلى يابـيشَ ودفَنوا عِظامَهُم تَحتَ شجَرةِ البُطْمَةِ الّتي في يابـيشَ، وصاموا سَبعةَ أيّامٍ. 13 فماتَ شاوُلُ لأنَّهُ خانَ الرّبَّ وعصَى كلِمَتَهُ، وأيضا لأنَّهُ استَشارَ أرواحَ الموتى. 14 ولم يَستَشِرِ الرّبَّ، فأهلَكَهُ وحَوَّلَ المُلْكَ إلى داوُدَ بنِ يَسَّى.
