31

The Tragic End of Saul and His Sons

¹Now ⚓the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount ⚓Gilboa. ²Then the Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed ⚓Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul’s sons. ³⚓The battle became fierce against Saul. The archers hit him, and he was severely wounded by the archers.
⁴⚓Then Saul said to his armorbearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest ⚓these uncircumcised men come and thrust me through and abuse me.”
But his armorbearer would not, ⚓for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and ⚓fell on it. ⁵And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword, and died with him. ⁶So Saul, his three sons, his armorbearer, and all his men died together that same day.
⁷And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were on the other side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. ⁸So it happened the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. ⁹And they cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and sent word throughout the land of the Philistines, to ⚓proclaim it in the temple of their idols and among the people. ¹⁰⚓Then they put his armor in the temple of the ⚓Ashtoreths, and ⚓they fastened his body to the wall of ⚓Beth Shan.
¹¹⚓Now when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, ¹²⚓all the valiant men arose and traveled all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh and ⚓burned them there. ¹³Then they took their bones and ⚓buried them under the tamarisk tree at ⚓Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

31

Xa‑u thiab nws cov tub tuag

(1VKk. 10:1-12)

¹Cov Filixatee tuaj ua rog rau cov Yixayee, mas cov Yixayee khiav cov Filixatee thiab raug tua tuag rau saum lub roob Kinpau‑a. ²Cov Filixatee caum cuag Xa‑u thiab nws cov tub. Cov Filixatee tua Yaunathas thiab Anpinada thiab Makhisuva, uas yog Xa‑u li tub tuag tag. ³Ua rog hnyav heev tuaj ti Xa‑u, cov tub rog tua hneev ntsib Xa‑u, txawm tua raug nws mob heev. ⁴Ces Xa‑u txawm hais rau tus uas nqa nws tej cuab yeej tias, “Cia li rho ntaj los nkaug kuv kom tshab plaws, ntshai tsam cov uas tsis ua kevcai txiav no tuaj nkaug kuv es saib tsis taus kuv.” Tiamsis tus uas nqa nws tej cuab yeej tsis kam nkaug vim yog ntshai heev. Ces Xa‑u txawm rho kiag nws rab ntaj los cuab es nws khwb nkaus chob kiag rab ntaj ntawd. ⁵Thaum tus uas nqa tej cuab yeej pom tias Xa‑u tuag lawm, nws kuj cuab nws rab ntaj khwb nkaus chob nws tuag ua ke thiab. ⁶Yog li no Xa‑u thiaj tuag thiab nws peb tug tub thiab tus uas nqa tej cuab yeej thiab Xa‑u cov neeg sawvdaws tuag tib hnub ntawd. ⁷Thaum cov Yixayee uas nyob lub hav sab tid thiab cov uas nyob ntawm tus dej Yaladee sab hnub tuaj pom Yixayee cov tub rog khiav thiab pom tias Xa‑u thiab nws cov tub tuag tag lawm, lawv txawm tso lawv tej moos tseg khiav tag, mas cov Filixatee los nyob rau hauv.
⁸Hnub tom qab thaum cov Filixatee tuaj khaws cov uas raug tua tuag tej cuab yeej mus yuav, lawv pom Xa‑u thiab nws peb tug tub tuag rau saum lub roob Kinpau‑a. ⁹Lawv txawm txiav Xa‑u lub taubhau thiab hle nws tej cuab yeej ua rog. Lawv tso neeg tshaj xo mus thoob plaws Filixatee tebchaws, coj xov zoo mus piav rau hauv lawv tej tsev teev dab thiab piav rau cov pejxeem. ¹⁰Lawv muab Xa‑u tej cuab yeej ua rog khaws cia rau hauv lub tsev teev dab Athalau. Lawv muab Xa‑u lub cev khi dai rau ntawm lub moos Npesas lub ntsa loog. ¹¹Thaum cov neeg hauv lub moos Yanpe Kile‑a hnov tej uas cov Filixatee ua rau Xa‑u lub cev tuag, ¹²cov txivneej uas siab loj siab tuab sawvdaws txawm sawv tsees mus ib hmos kaj ntug mus daws Xa‑u lub cev tuag thiab nws peb tug tub lub cev tuag ntawm Npesas lub ntsa loog. Lawv coj los rau ntawm lub moos Yanpe muab hlawv qhov ntawd. ¹³Lawv coj cov pob txha mus log rau hauv tsob qab ntoo tamalis hauv lub moos Yanpe, thiab yoo mov tau xya hnub.