I Samuel 31

وَحَارَبَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَهَرَبَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَمَامِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَسَقَطُوا قَتْلَى فِي جَبَلِ جِلْبُوعَ.

Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

فَشَدَّ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَرَاءَ شَاوُلَ وَبَنِيهِ، وَضَرَبَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ يُونَاثَانَ وَأَبِينَادَابَ وَمَلْكِيشُوعَ أَبْنَاءَ شَاوُلَ.

And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi–shua, Saul's sons.

وَاشْتَدَّتِ الْحَرْبُ عَلَى شَاوُلَ فَأَصَابَهُ الرُّمَاةُ رِجَالُ الْقِسِيِّ، فَانْجَرَحَ جِدًّا مِنَ الرُّمَاةِ.

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِحَامِلِ سِلاَحِهِ: «اسْتَلَّ سَيْفَكَ وَاطْعَنِّي بِهِ لِئَلاَّ يَأْتِيَ هؤُلاَءِ الْغُلْفُ وَيَطْعَنُونِي وَيُقَبِّحُونِي». فَلَمْ يَشَأْ حَامِلُ سِلاَحِهِ لأَنَّهُ خَافَ جِدًّا. فَأَخَذَ شَاوُلُ السَّيْفَ وَسَقَطَ عَلَيْهِ.

Then 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.

وَلَمَّا رَأَى حَامِلُ سِلاَحِهِ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ شَاوُلُ، سَقَطَ هُوَ أَيْضًا عَلَى سَيْفِهِ وَمَاتَ مَعَهُ.

And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

فَمَاتَ شَاوُلُ وَبَنُوهُ الثَّلاَثَةُ وَحَامِلُ سِلاَحِهِ وَجَمِيعُ رِجَالِهِ فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ مَعًا.

So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

وَلَمَّا رَأَى رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ فِي عَبْرِ الْوَادِي وَالَّذِينَ فِي عَبْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ أَنَّ رِجَالَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ هَرَبُوا، وَأَنَّ شَاوُلَ وَبَنِيهِ قَدْ مَاتُوا، تَرَكُوا الْمُدُنَ وَهَرَبُوا. فَأَتَى الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَسَكَنُوا بِهَا.

And 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.

وَفِي الْغَدِ لَمَّا جَاءَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ لِيُعَرُّوا الْقَتْلَى، وَجَدُوا شَاوُلَ وَبَنِيهِ الثَّلاَثَةَ سَاقِطِينَ فِي جَبَلِ جِلْبُوعَ.

And 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.

فَقَطَعُوا رَأْسَهُ وَنَزَعُوا سِلاَحَهُ، وَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ فِي كُلِّ جِهَةٍ لأَجْلِ التَّبْشِيرِ فِي بَيْتِ أَصْنَامِهِمْ وَفِي الشَّعْبِ.

And 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.

وَوَضَعُوا سِلاَحَهُ فِي بَيْتَِ عَشْتَارُوثَ، وَسَمَّرُوا جَسَدَهُ عَلَى سُورِ بَيْتِ شَانَ.

And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth–shan.

وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ سُكَّانُ يَابِيشَ جِلْعَادَ بِمَا فَعَلَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ بِشَاوُلَ،

And when the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;

قَامَ كُلُّ ذِي بَأْسٍ وَسَارُوا اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ، وَأَخَذُوا جَسَدَ شَاوُلَ وَأَجْسَادَ بَنِيهِ عَنْ سُورِ بَيْتِ شَانَ، وَجَاءُوا بِهَا إِلَى يَابِيشَ وَأَحْرَقُوهَا هُنَاكَ.

All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth–shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

وَأَخَذُوا عِظَامَهُمْ وَدَفَنُوهَا تَحْتَ الأَثْلَةِ فِي يَابِيشَ، وَصَامُوا سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ.

And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.