1Καὶ ἀλλόφυλοι ἐπολέμησαν πρὸς Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἔφυγον ἀπὸ προσώπου ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ἔπεσον τραυματίαι ἐν ὄρει Γελβοῦε. 2καὶ κατεδίωξαν ἀλλόφυλοι ὀπίσω Σαοὺλ καὶ ὀπίσω υἱῶν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐπάταξαν ἀλλόφυλοι τὸν Ἰωναθὰν καὶ τὸν Ἀμειναδὰβ καὶ τὸν Μελχεισοῦε υἱοὺς Σαούλ. 3καὶ ἐβαρύνθη ὁ πόλεμος ἐπὶ Σαούλ· καὶ εὗρον αὐτοὺς οἱ τοξόται ἐν τόξοις καὶ πόνοις, καὶ ἐπόνεσαν ἀπὸ τῶν τόξων. 4καὶ εἶπεν Σαοὺλ τῷ αἴροντι τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ Σπάσαι τὴν ῥομφαίαν σου καὶ ἐκκέντησόν με ἐν αὐτῇ, μὴ ἔλθωσιν οἱ ἀπερίτμητοι οὗτοι καὶ ἐμπαίξωσίν μοι. καὶ οὐκ ἐβούλετο ὁ αἴρων τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἐφοβεῖτο σφόδρα· καὶ ἔλαβεν Σαοὺλ τὴν ῥομφαίαν καὶ ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ᾽ αὐτήν. 5καὶ εἶδεν ὁ αἴρων τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἀπέθανεν Σαούλ, καὶ ἔπεσεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπὶ τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ. 6καὶ ἀπέθανεν Σαοὺλ καὶ τρεῖς υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ πᾶς ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἀπέθανεν.

7καὶ εἶδεν πᾶς ἀνὴρ Ἰσραὴλ ὁ ἐν τῷ αὐλῶνι ὅτι ἔφυγεν Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ὅτι ἀπέθανεν Σαοὺλ καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατέλειπον τὰς πόλεις αὐτῶν καὶ ἔφυγον· καὶ ἦλθον ἀλλόφυλοι καὶ κατῴκησαν ἐν αὐταῖς.

8Καὶ ἐγένετο τῇ ἐχομένῃ καὶ ἦλθον ἀλλόφυλοι τοῦ σκυλεύειν τοὺς τραυματίας, καὶ εὗρον τὸν Σαοὺλ καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ πεπτωκότας ἐν τῷ ὄρει Γελβοῦε. 9καὶ ἐξέδυσαν αὐτόν, καὶ ἔλαβον τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπέστειλαν εἰς γῆν ἀλλοφύλων κύκλῳ τοῦ εὐαγγελίσασθαι τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν καὶ τῷ λαῷ· 10καὶ ἔθηκαν τὰ σκεύη αὐτῶν ἐν οἴκῳ θεοῦ αὐτῶν, καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ ἔθηκαν ἐν οἴκῳ Δαγών.

11καὶ ἤκουσαν πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες Γαλαὰδ ἅπαντα ἃ ἐποίησαν ἀλλόφυλοι τῷ Σαοὺλ καὶ τῷ Ἰσραήλ. 12καὶ ἠγέρθησαν ἐκ Γαλαὰδ πᾶς ἀνὴρ δυνατός, καὶ ἔλαβον τὸ σῶμα Σαοὺλ καὶ τὸ σῶμα τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἤνεγκαν αὐτὰ εἰς Ἰαβείς, καὶ ἔθαψαν τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτῶν ὑπὸ τὴν δρῦν ἐν Ἰαβείς· καὶ ἐνήστευσαν ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας.

13καὶ ἀπέθανεν Σαοὺλ ἐν ταῖς ἀνομίαις αὐτοῦ αἷς ἠνόμησεν τῷ θεῷ κατὰ τὸν λόγον Κυρίου, διότι οὐκ ἐφύλαξεν· ὅτι ἐπηρώτησεν Σαοὺλ ἐν τῷ ἐνγαστριμύθῳ τοῦ ζητῆσαι, καὶ ἀπεκρίνατο αὐτῷ Σαμουὴλ ὁ προφήτης, 14καὶ οὐκ ἐζήτησεν Κύριον· καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν τὴν βασιλείαν τῷ Δαυεὶδ υἱῷ Ἰεσσαί.