31:1 Now the Pelishtim fought against Yisrael: and the men of Yisrael fled from before the Pelishtim, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
31:2 And the Pelishtim followed hard upon Sha'ul and upon his sons; and the Pelishtim slew Yonatan, and Avinadav, and Malki Shua ha benai Sha'ul.
31:3 And the battle went sore against Sha'ul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
31:4 Then said Sha'ul unto his armour bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armour bearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Sha'ul took a sword, and fell upon it.
31:5 And when his armour bearer saw that Sha'ul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
31:6 So Sha'ul died, and his three banim, and his armour bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
31:7 And when the men of Yisrael that [were] on the other side of the valley, and [they] that [were] on the other side Yarden, saw that the men of Yisrael fled, and that Sha'ul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Pelishtim came and dwelt in them.
31:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Pelishtim came to strip the slain, that they found Sha'ul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
31:9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Pelishtim round about, to publish [it in] the house of their idols, and among the people.
31:10 And they put his armour in the beit Ashtarot: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beit Shan.
31:11 And when the inhabitants of Yavesh Gil'ad heard of that which the Pelishtim had done to Sha'ul;
31:12 All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Sha'ul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beit Shan, and came to Yavesh, and burnt them there.
31:13 And they took their bones, and buried [them] under a tree at Yavesh, and tzom (fasted) shivat Yamin.