1And the Philistines were fighting with Israel, and the men of Israel fled from the Philistines, and many fell slain on the Mountain of Gelbua. 2And the Philistines overtook Shaul and his sons, and the Philistines attacked Jonathan and Yashwi and Melkishua, the sons of Shaul, with the sword. 3And the battle prevailed against Shaul, and the men archers who are very skillful to shoot with a bow found him, and when Shaul saw them, he was very afraid of their presence. 4And Shaul said to his armor Bearer: “Draw out your sword and run me through with it before these uncircumcised will come and kill me, and they would perform torture on me!” And his Armor Bearer was unwilling because he was very afraid, and Shaul drew his sword and he fell upon it. 5And his Armor Bearer saw for himself that Shaul was dead, and he fell also on his sword and died with him. 6And Shaul died and his three sons, and his Armor Bearer, and all his mighty men died together on that day.

7And every man of Israel who was at the crossing of the plain and he who was at the crossing of Jordan saw for himself where the people of Israel fled, and that Shaul and his sons were killed, and they left the cities and fled, and the Philistines came and they dwelt in them.

8And it happened after daylight that the Philistines came to plunder the slain, and they found Shaul and his three sons killed, and they lay in the Mountain of Gelbua. 9And they picked up their heads and they stripped their armor and they sent to the land of the Philistines to the towns and to the cities and to the surroundings to proclaim the good news in the houses of their idols and among their people. 10And they placed their garments and their weapons in the houses of their idols, and their bodies they hung on the wall of Bayth Yashan.

11And the inhabitants of Yabish of Gelad heard the thing that the Philistines had done to Shaul. 12And every valiant man arose and they went all night and they took the body of Shaul and the body of his sons from the wall of Bayth Yashan, and they brought them to Yabish and burned them there, and they took their bones they buried them under the Oak which is at Yabish, and they fasted seven days.

13And Shaul died because he lied to LORD JEHOVAH, and he did not keep the thing that he commanded him. 14Also he inquired of the spirits of the dead, and he did not inquire of LORD JEHOVAH his God, and his kingdom was given to David, son of Iyshay.