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1 Samuel 31
New King James Version
1 Samuel 31
New King James Version
The Tragic End of Saul and His Sons(A)
31 Now (B)the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount (C)Gilboa. 2 Then the Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed (D)Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul’s sons. 3 (E)The battle became fierce against Saul. The archers [a]hit him, and he was severely wounded by the archers.
4 (F)Then Saul said to his armorbearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest (G)these uncircumcised men come and thrust me through and [b]abuse me.”
But his armorbearer would not, (H)for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and (I)fell on it. 5 And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword, and died with him. 6 So Saul, his three sons, his armorbearer, and all his men died together that same day.
7 And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were on the other side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. 8 So it happened the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9 And they cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and sent word throughout the land of the Philistines, to (J)proclaim it in the temple of their idols and among the people. 10 (K)Then they put his armor in the temple of the (L)Ashtoreths, and (M)they fastened his body to the wall of (N)Beth[c] Shan.
11 (O)Now when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 (P)all the valiant men arose and traveled all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh and (Q)burned them there. 13 Then they took their bones and (R)buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, (S)and fasted seven days.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 31:3 Lit. found him
- 1 Samuel 31:4 torture
- 1 Samuel 31:10 Beth Shean, Josh. 17:11
1 Samuël 31
Het Boek
1 Samuël 31
Het Boek
Sauls dood
31 Inmiddels hadden de Filistijnen de strijd aangebonden met Israël. De Israëlitische troepen sloegen op de vlucht en in het gebergte Gilboa vielen vele doden. 2 De Filistijnen zaten Saul op de hielen en doodden zijn zonen Jonathan, Abinadab en Malkisua.
3,4 Toen Saul door een groep boogschutters werd ingehaald, werd hij vreselijk bang. Hij zei tegen zijn wapenknecht: ‘Dood mij met je zwaard, voordat deze heidense Filistijnen mij gevangennemen en martelen om de spot met mij te drijven.’ Maar zijn wapenknecht durfde niet, daarom pakte Saul zijn eigen zwaard en liet zich erin vallen. 5 Toen zijn wapenknecht zag dat Saul dood was, liet hij zich ook in zijn zwaard vallen en stierf met hem. 6 Zo stierven Saul, zijn wapenknecht, zijn drie zonen en zijn mannen op dezelfde dag.
7 Toen de Israëlieten aan de andere kant van het dal en aan de overkant van de Jordaan hoorden dat hun leger was gevlucht en dat Saul en zijn zonen waren gesneuveld, verlieten zij in allerijl hun woonplaatsen. Deze werden kort daarop door de Filistijnen ingenomen. 8 Toen de Filistijnen de volgende dag het slagveld afstroopten om de gesneuvelden te plunderen, vonden zij de lijken van Saul en zijn drie zonen in het gebergte van Gilboa. 9 Zij hakten Sauls hoofd af en namen zijn wapenrusting mee. Deze trofeeën stuurden zij naar de tempels van hun afgoden en alle inwoners van hun land. 10 Zijn wapenrusting kreeg een plaats in de tempel van Astarte, zijn lichaam werd aan de muur van Bet-San gehangen. 11 De inwoners van Jabes in Gilead hoorden echter wat de Filistijnen hadden gedaan 12 en stuurden al hun soldaten op pad. Zij liepen de hele nacht door en kwamen bij Bet-San. Daar haalden ze de lichamen van Saul en zijn drie zonen van de muur. Zij brachten de lijken naar Jabes en verbrandden ze daar. 13 Daarna begroeven zij de beenderen onder de eikenboom bij Jabes en ze vastten zeven dagen lang.
1 Samuel 31
New International Version
1 Samuel 31
New International Version
Saul Takes His Life(A)
31 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa.(B) 2 The Philistines were in hot pursuit of Saul and his sons,(C) and they killed his sons Jonathan,(D) Abinadab and Malki-Shua.(E) 3 The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded(F) him critically.
4 Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through,(G) or these uncircumcised(H) fellows will come and run me through and abuse me.”
But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it. 5 When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died with him. 6 So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer and all his men died(I) together that same day.
7 When the Israelites along the valley and those across the Jordan saw that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.
8 The next day, when the Philistines(J) came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9 They cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and they sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news(K) in the temple of their idols and among their people.(L) 10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths(M) and fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.(N)
11 When the people of Jabesh Gilead(O) heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 all their valiant men(P) marched through the night to Beth Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned(Q) them. 13 Then they took their bones(R) and buried them under a tamarisk(S) tree at Jabesh, and they fasted(T) seven days.(U)
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