موت الملك شاول
(1صم 31:1-13)1 وحارَبَ الفلِسطيُّونَ بَني إِسرائيلَ، فانهَزَمَ رجالُ إِسرائيلَ مِنْ أمامِهِم، وسقَطَ مُعظَمُهُم قَتلَى في جبَلِ جِلْبوعَ. 2 ولحِقَ الفلِسطيُّونَ شاوُلَ وبَنيهِ وقَتَلوا يوناثانَ وأبـينادابَ ومَلكيشوعَ بَني شاوُلَ. 3 واشتَدَّتِ الحربُ على شاوُلَ، وفاجأهُ الرُّماةُ بالأقواسِ فارتَعَبَ مِنهُم جِدًّا. 4 فقالَ لِحامِلِ سلاحِهِ: «إِستَلَّ سيفَكَ واطْعَنِّي بهِ لِئلاَّ يأتيَ هؤلاءِ الفلِسطيُّونَ غَيرُ المَختونينَ ويَقتُلوني ويُشَنِّعوا فيَّ». فرفَضَ حامِلُ سلاحِهِ أمرَهُ هذا لأنَّهُ خافَ جِدًّا. فأخَذَ شاوُلُ سيفَهُ وسقَطَ علَيهِ. 5 ولمَّا رأى حامِلُ سلاحِهِ أنَّهُ ماتَ، سقَطَ هوَ أيضا على سيفِهِ وماتَ معَهُ. 6 فماتَ شاوُلُ وبَنوهُ الثَّلاثَةُ، وجميعُ أهلِ بـيتِه، في ذلِكَ اليومِ. 7 ولمَّا عَلِمَ بَنو إِسرائيلَ الّذينَ في الجانِبِ الآخَرِ مِنَ الوادي أنَّ رِجالَهُم هربوا وأنَّ شاوُلَ وبنيهِ ماتوا، تَركوا المُدُنَ وهربوا هُم أيضا فجاءَ الفلِسطيُّونَ وأقاموا فيها.
8 وفي الغَدِ أقبَلَ الفلِسطيُّونَ ليَسلُبوا القَتلَى. فوَجَدوا شاوُلَ وبَنيهِ الثَّلاثَةَ قَتلَى في جبَلِ جِلْبوعَ. 9 فقَطَعُوا رأسَهُ ونزَعوا سِلاحَه، وأرسلوا يُبَشِّرونَ في أرضِهِم أصنامَهم وشعبَهُم. 10 ووضَعُوا سلاحَهُ في هَيكلِ عَشتاروتَ، وعَلَّقُوا جُمجُمَتَهُ في بَيتِ داجونَ. 11 وسَمِعَ أهلُ يابـيشَ في جلعادَ بِما فعَلَ الفلِسطيُّونَ بِشاوُلَ، 12 فنَهَضَ مُقاتِلوهُم، وأخَذوا جُثَّةَ شاوُلَ وجُثَثَ بَنيهِ وجاؤوا بِها إلى يابـيشَ ودفَنوا عِظامَهُم تَحتَ شجَرةِ البُطْمَةِ الّتي في يابـيشَ، وصاموا سَبعةَ أيّامٍ. 13 فماتَ شاوُلُ لأنَّهُ خانَ الرّبَّ وعصَى كلِمَتَهُ، وأيضا لأنَّهُ استَشارَ أرواحَ الموتى. 14 ولم يَستَشِرِ الرّبَّ، فأهلَكَهُ وحَوَّلَ المُلْكَ إلى داوُدَ بنِ يَسَّى.
1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. 3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. 4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together. 7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
8 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people. 10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
11 ¶ And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
13 ¶ So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it; 14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.