1 Samuel 31

ECB(i) 1
THE DEATH OF SHAUL
And the Peleshethiy fight Yisra El: and the men of Yisra El flee the face of the Peleshethiy and fall pierced in mount Gilboa: 2 and the Peleshethiy adhere to Shaul and his sons; and the Peleshethiy smite Yah Nathan and Abi Nadab and Malki Shua - sons of Shaul: 3 and the war is heavy against Shaul and the bow shooter men find him; and he is mighty writhed by the shooters. 4 And Shaul says to his instrument bearer, Draw your sword and stab me; lest these uncircumcised come and stab me and exploit me. But his instrument bearer wills not; for he awes mightily: and Shaul takes a sword and falls on it: 5 and his instrument bearer sees Shaul die, and he likewise falls on his sword and dies with him. 6 And Shaul dies - and his three sons and his instrument bearer and all his men that same day together. 7 And the men of Yisra El beyond the valley and beyond Yarden see the men of Yisra El flee, and Shaul and his sons die, they forsake their cities and flee; and the Peleshethiy come and settle in them. 8 And so be it, on the morrow, when the Peleshethiy come to strip the pierced, they find Shaul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa: 9 and they cut off his head and strip off his instruments and send them all around into the land of the Peleshethiy - to evangelize it in the house of their idols and among their people. 10 And they set his instruments in the house of Ashtaroth: and they stake his body to the wall of Beth Shaan. 11 And the settlers of Yabesh Gilad hear what the Peleshethiy work to Shaul; 12 and all the men of valour rise and go all night and take the body of Shaul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shaan and come to Yabesh and burn them there: 13 and they take their bones and entomb them under a grove at Yabesh and fast seven days.