I Samuel 31

ufelishtim nilkhamim beyisra'el vayyanusu anshe yisra'el mippene felishtim vayyippelu khalalim behar haggilboa

The Philistines attacked Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and [many] fell on Mount Gilboa.

vayyadbequ felishtim et-sha'ul ve'et-banayw vayyakku felishtim et-yehonatan ve'et-avinadav ve'et-malkishua bene sha'ul

The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons, and the Philistines struck down Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, sons of Saul.

vattikhbad hammilkhamah el-sha'ul vayyimtsa'uhu hammorim anashim baqqashet vayyakhel me'od mehammorim

The battle raged around Saul, and some of the archers hit him, and he was severely wounded by the archers.

vayyomer sha'ul lenose khelayw shelof kharbekha vedoqreni vah pen-yavo'u ha'arelim ha'elleh udeqaruni vehitallelu-vi velo avah nose khelayw ki yare me'od vayyiqqakh sha'ul et-hakherev vayyippol aleha

Saul said to his arms-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through, so that the uncircumcised may not run me through and make sport of me.” But his arms-bearer, in his great awe, refused; whereupon Saul grasped the sword and fell upon it.

vayyar nose-khelayw ki met sha'ul vayyippol gam-hu al-kharbo vayyamot immo

When his arms-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died with him.

vayyamot sha'ul usheloshet banayw venose khelayw gam kol-anashayw bayyom hahu yakhdav

Thus Saul and his three sons and his arms-bearer, as well as all his men, died together on that day.

vayyiru anshe-yisra'el asher-be'ever ha'emeq va'asher be'ever hayyarden ki-nasu anshe yisra'el vekhi-metu sha'ul uvanayw vayya'azvu et-he'arim vayyanusu vayyavo'u felishtim vayyeshevu bahen

And when the Israelite inhabitants on the other side of the valley and on the other side of the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the towns and fled; the Philistines then came and occupied them.

vayehi mimmokhorat vayyavo'u felishtim lefashet et-hakhalalim vayyimtse'u et-sha'ul ve'et-sheloshet banayw nofelim behar haggilboa

The next day the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons lying on Mount Gilboa.

vayyikhretu et-rosho vayyafshitu et-kelayw vayeshallekhu ve'erets-pelishtim saviv levasser bet atsabbehem ve'et-ha'am

They cut off his head and stripped him of his armor, and they sent them throughout the land of the Philistines, to spread the news in the temples of their idols and among the people.

vayyasimu et-kelayw bet ashtarot ve'et-geviyyato taqe'u bekhomat bet shan

They placed his armor in the temple of Ashtaroth, and they impaled his body on the wall of Beth-shan.

vayyishme'u elayw yosheve yavesh gilad et asher-asu felishtim lesha'ul

When the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard about it—what the Philistines had done to Saul—

vayyaqumu kol-ish khayil vayyelekhu khol-hallaylah vayyiqkhu et-geviyyat sha'ul ve'et geviyyot banayw mekhomat bet shan vayyavo'u yaveshah vayyisrefu otam sham

the stalwarts among them set out and marched all night; they removed the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan and came to Jabesh and burned them there.

vayyiqkhu et-atsmotehem vayyiqberu takhat-ha'eshel beyaveshah vayyatsumu shivat yamim

Then they took the bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted for seven days.