1 Chronicles

扫罗逝世

1非利士人与以色列人争战，以色列人在非利士人面前逃跑，在基利波山有被杀仆倒的。

2非利士人紧追扫罗和他儿子们，就杀了扫罗的儿子约拿单、亚比拿达、麦基舒亚。

3势派甚大，扫罗被弓箭手追上，射伤甚重，

4就吩咐拿他兵器的人说：「你拔出刀来，将我刺死，免得那些未受割礼的人来凌辱我。」但拿兵器的人甚惧怕，不肯刺他；

5扫罗就自己伏在刀上死了。拿兵器的人见扫罗已死，也伏在刀上死了。

6这样，扫罗和他三个儿子，并他的全家都一同死亡。

7住平原的以色列众人见以色列军兵逃跑，扫罗和他儿子都死了，也就弃城逃跑，非利士人便来住在其中。

8次日，非利士人来剥那被杀之人的衣服，看见扫罗和他儿子仆倒在基利波山，

9就剥了他的军装，割下他的首级，打发人到非利士地的四境报信与他们的偶像和众民，

10又将扫罗的军装放在他们神的庙里，将他的首级钉在大衮庙中。

11基列·雅比人听见非利士人向扫罗所行的一切事，

12他们中间所有的勇士就起身前去，将扫罗和他儿子的尸身送到雅比，将他们的尸骨葬在雅比的橡树下，就禁食七日。

13这样，扫罗死了。因为他干犯耶和华，没有遵守耶和华的命；又因他求问交鬼的妇人，

14没有求问耶和华，所以耶和华使他被杀，把国归于耶西的儿子大卫。

Saul’s Overthrow and Death

1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

2The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

3When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.

4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

5When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.

6So Saul died together with his three sons and all his house.

The Philistines Possess the Towns

7When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.

8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

9They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.

10They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.

Jabesh-gilead’s Tribute to Saul

11When all the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,

12all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oakin Jabesh and fasted seven days.

13So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

14and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.