Saul with his sons are slain in battle. 7. the Philistines possess the place, and hang the dead bodies on a wall, 11. but valiant men of Jabes Galaad take them away, and burn them, bury their bones, and fast seven days.Saul with his sonnes are slaine in battel. 7. the Philistiims possesse the place, and hang the dead bodies on a wal, 11. but valiant men of Iabes Galaad take them away, and burne them, burie their bones, and fast seuen dayes.✦
And the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the face of the Philistines, and fell being slain in mount Gelboe.AND the Philistijms fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the face of the Philistijms, and fel being slaine in mount Gelboe.Philisthiim autem pugnabant adversum Israël : et fugerunt viri Israël ante faciem Philisthiim, et ceciderunt interfecti in monte Gelboë.
2And the Philistines fell upon Saul, and upon his sons, and they percusserunt: struck, smote Jonathas, and Abinadab, and Melchisua the sons of Saul,And the Philistijms fel vpon Saul, and vpon his sonnes, and they stroke Ionathas, and Abinadab, and Melchisua the sonnes of Saul,✦Irrueruntque Philisthiim in Saul et in filios ejus, et percusserunt Jonathan, et Abinadab, et Melchisua filios Saul :
3and the whole weight of the battle was turned upon Saul: and the archers overtook him, and he was sore wounded of the archers.and the whole weight of the battel was turned vpon Saul: and the archers ouertooke him, and he was sore wounded of the archers.totumque pondus prælii versum est in Saul, et consecuti sunt eum viri sagittarii, et vulneratus est vehementer a sagittariis.
4And Saul said to his armigerum: armour-bearer, weapon-squire: Draw out thy sword, and strike me: lest perhaps these uncircumcised come, and kill me, mocking me. And his esquire would not: for he was frighted with exceeding fear. Saul therefore caught his sword, and fell upon it.And Saul sayd to his esquier: Drawe out thy sword, and strike me: lest perhaps these vncircumcised come, and kilme, mocking me. And his esquier would not: for he was frighted with exceding feare. Saul therfore caught his sword, and fel vpon it.✦Dixitque Saul ad armigerum suum : Evagina gladium tuum, et percute me : ne forte veniant incircumcisi isti, et interficiant me, illudentes mihi. Et noluit armiger ejus : fuerat enim nimio terrore perterritus. Arripuit itaque Saul gladium, et irruit super eum.
5Which when his esquire had seen, to wit that Saul was dead, himself also fell upon his sword and died with him.Which when his esquier had seene, to wit that Saul was dead, himselfe also fel vpon his sword and died with him.✦Quod cum vidisset armiger ejus, videlicet quod mortuus esset Saul, irruit etiam ipse super gladium suum, et mortuus est cum eo.
6Saul therefore died, and his three sons, and his esquire, and all his men in that day together.Saul therfore died, and his three sonnes, & his esquier, and al his men in that day together.Mortuus est ergo Saul, et tres filii ejus, et armiger illius, et universi viri ejus in die illa pariter.
7And the children of Israel, that were beyond the valley, and beyond Jordan, seeing that the men of Israel were fled, and that Saul was dead, and his sons, they left their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came, and dwelt there.And the children of Israel, that were beyond the valley, and beyond Iordan, seing that the men of Israel were fled, and that Saul was dead, and his sonnes, they left their cities, and fled: and the Philistijms came, and dwelt there.Videntes autem viri Israël qui erant trans vallem et trans Jordanem, quod fugissent viri Israëlitæ, et quod mortuus esset Saul et filii ejus, reliquerunt civitates suas, et fugerunt : veneruntque Philisthiim, et habitaverunt ibi.
8And when the next day was come, the Philistines came to spoliarent: to despoil, strip the slain them that were slain, and they found Saul and his three sons, lying in mount Gelboe.And when the next day was come, the Philistijms came to spoile them that were slaine, and they found Saul and his three sonnes, lying in mount Gelboe.Facta autem die altera, venerunt Philisthiim ut spoliarent interfectos, et invenerunt Saul et tres filios ejus jacentes in monte Gelboë.
9And they did cut off Saul's head, and spoiled him of his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, that it should be declared in the temple of their Idols, and among their people.And they did cut of Saules head, and spoiled him of his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistians round about, that it should be declared in the temple of their Idols, and among their people.Et præciderunt caput Saul, et spoliaverunt eum armis : et miserunt in terram Philisthinorum per circuitum, ut annuntiaretur in templo idolorum, et in populis.
10And they did put his armour in the temple of Astaroth, but his body they hung on the wall of Bethsam.And they did put his armour in the temple of Astaroth, but his bodie they hung on the wal of Bethsam.Et posuerunt arma ejus in templo Astaroth, corpus vero ejus suspenderunt in muro Bethsan.
11Which when the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad had heard whatsoever the Philistines had done to Saul,Which when the inhabitants of Iabes Galaad had heard whatsoeuer the Philistijms had done to Saul,✦Quod cum audissent habitatores Jabes Galaad, quæcumque fecerant Philisthiim Saul,
12all the most valiant men arose, and walked all the night, and took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Bethsam: and they came to Jabes Galaad, and burnt them there:al the most valiant men arose, & walked al the night, and tooke the bodie of Saul, and the bodies of his sonnes, from the wal of Bethsam: and they came to Iabes Galaad, and burnt them there:✦surrexerunt omnes viri fortissimi, et ambulaverunt tota nocte, et tulerunt cadaver Saul, et cadavera filiorum ejus, de muro Bethsan : veneruntque Jabes Galaad, et combusserunt ea ibi :
13and they took their bones, and buried them in the nemore: grove, woodland of Jabes, and fasted seven days.and they tooke their bones, and buried them in the wood of Iabes, and fasted seuen daies.✦et tulerunt ossa eorum, et sepelierunt in nemore Jabes, et jejunaverunt septem diebus.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.