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And he said to her, What is his form? And she said, It is an old man coming up covered with a robe. And Saul saw that it was Samuel, and with his face bent down to the earth he gave him honour.

שָׁאוּל֙ sha.'Ul “Saul”

And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you made me come up, troubling my rest? And Saul in answer said, I am in great danger; for the Philistines are making war on me, and God has gone away from me and will no longer give me any answer, by the prophets or by

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”שָׁ֠אוּל Sha.'ul “Saul”

Then Saul went down flat on the earth, and was full of fear because of Samuel's words: and there was no strength in him, for he had taken no food all that day or all that night.

שָׁא֗וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was in great trouble, and said to him, See now, your servant has given ear to your words, and I have put my life in danger by doing what you said.

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And she put it before Saul and his servants, and they had a meal. Then they got up and went away the same night.

שָׁא֛וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

Then the rulers of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews doing here? And Achish said to the rulers of the Philistines, Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me for a year or two, and I have never seen any wro

שָׁא֣וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

Is this not David, who was named in their songs, when in the dance they said to one another, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?

שָׁאוּל֙ sha.'Ul “Saul”

And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and they put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

שָׁא֖וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”שָׁאֽוּל׃ sha.'Ul “Saul”

And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, and fall

שָׁאוּל֩ sha.'Ul “Saul”שָׁאוּל֙ sha.'Ul “Saul”

And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and was united with him in death.

שָׁא֑וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

So death overtook Saul and his three sons and his servant on the same day.

שָׁא֡וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And when the men of Israel across the valley and on the other side of Jordan saw that the army of Israel was in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they came out of their towns and went in flight; and the Philistines came and took them for thems

שָׁא֣וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

Now on the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his three sons dead on the earth in Mount Gilboa.

שָׁאוּל֙ sha.'Ul “Saul”

And when the people of Jabesh-gilead had news of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

לְשָׁאֽוּל׃ (שָׁאֽוּל) sha.'Ul “Saul”

All the fighting men got up and, travelling all night, took Saul's body and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh and had them burned there.

שָׁא֗וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

Now after the death of Saul, when David, having come back from the destruction of the Amalekites, had been in Ziklag for two days;

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

On the third day a man came from Saul's tents, with his clothing out of order and earth on his head: and when he came to David, he went down on the earth and gave him honour.

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And David said to him, How did things go? Give me the news. And in answer he said, The people have gone in flight from the fight, and a great number of them are dead; and Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.

שָׁא֛וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And David said to the young man who gave him the news, Why are you certain that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?

שָׁא֖וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And the young man said, I came by chance to Mount Gilboa, and I saw Saul supporting himself on his spear; and the war-carriages and horsemen overtook him.

שָׁא֖וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.

שָׁא֞וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

Then David made this song of grief for Saul and Jonathan, his son:

שָׁא֖וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

O mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, you fields of death: for there the arms of the strong have been shamed, the arms of Saul, as if he had not been marked with the holy oil.

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

From the blood of the dead, from the fat of the strong, the bow of Jonathan was not turned back, the sword of Saul did not come back unused.

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”