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And he said to her, What is his form? And she said, An old man comes up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.

שָׁאוּל֙ sha.'Ul “Saul”

And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul said, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets nor by dreams; therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known to me what I shall do.

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

And Saul fell straightway his full length on the earth, and was sore afraid because of the words of Samuel; and there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all the day nor all the night.

שָׁא֗וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And the woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said to him, Behold, thy bondmaid has hearkened to thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened to thy words which thou spokest to me.

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

and she brought it near before Saul, and before his servants, and they ate. And they rose up and went away that night.

שָׁא֛וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And the princes of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews? And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or these years, and I have found nothing in him since the day of his falling away [ergänzt: to me] to this day?

שָׁא֣וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul smote his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

שָׁאוּל֙ sha.'Ul “Saul”

And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.

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

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers came up with him; and he was much terrified by the archers.

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

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

And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.

שָׁא֑וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.

שָׁא֡וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And when the men of Israel that were on this side of the valley, and [ergänzt: they] that were on this side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

שָׁא֣וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And it came to pass the next day, that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa.

שָׁאוּל֙ sha.'Ul “Saul”

And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead heard of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

לְשָׁאֽוּל׃ (שָׁאֽוּל) sha.'Ul “Saul”

all the valiant men arose and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burned them there.

שָׁא֗וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, that David abode two days in Ziklag.

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And it came to pass on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his garments rent, and earth upon his head; and as soon as he came to David, he fell to the earth and did obeisance.

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And David said to him, What has taken place? I pray thee, tell me. And he said that the people had fled from the battle, and many of the people also had fallen and died, and that Saul and Jonathan his son were dead also.

שָׁא֛וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And David said to the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

שָׁא֖וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And the young man that told him said, I happened by chance to be upon mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul leaned on his spear; and behold, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

שָׁא֖וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

שָׁא֞וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son;

שָׁא֖וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, no rain upon you, nor fields of heave-offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, [ergänzt: as] not anointed with oil.

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan turned not back, And the sword of Saul returned not empty.

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”