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| [1]And the Philistines have fought with Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa, |
[1]Forsothe Filisteis fouyten ayens Israel, and the sones of Israel fledden Palestyns, and felden doun woundid in the hil of Gelboe. |
| [2]and the Philistines pursue after Saul, and after his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-Shua, sons of Saul. |
[2]And whanne Filisteis hadde neiyed pursuynge Saul and hise sones, thei killiden Jonathan, and Abynadab, and Melchisue, the sones of Saul. |
| [3]And the battle [is] heavy on Saul, and those shooting with the bow find him, and he is wounded by those shooting, |
[3]And the batel was agreggid ayens Saul; and men archeris foundun hym, and woundiden hym with dartis. |
| [4]and Saul saith unto the bearer of his weapons, `Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest these uncircumcised come -- and have abused me.' And the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he feareth exceedingly, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it; |
[4]And Saul seide to his squiere, Drawe out thi swerd, and sle me, leste these vncircumcidid men come, and scorne me. Sothli his squyer was aferd bi drede, and nolde do this; therfor Saul took a swerd, and felde on it. |
| [5]and the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul [is] dead, and falleth, he also, on the sword, and dieth; |
[5]And whanne his squyer hadde seyn this, that is, that Saul was deed, he felde also on his swerd, and was deed. |
| [6]and Saul dieth, and his three sons, and all his house -- together they died. |
[6]Therfor Saul perischide, and hise thre sones, and al his hows felde doun togidere. |
| [7]And all the men of Israel who [are] in the valley see that they have fled, and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake their cities and flee, and the Philistines come and dwell in them. |
[7]And whanne the men of Israel, that dwelliden in feeldi places, hadden seyn this, thei fledden; and whanne Saul and hise sones weren deed, thei forsoken her citees, and weren scaterid hidur and thidur; and Filisteis camen, and dwelliden in tho. |
| [8]And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and find Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa, |
[8]Therfor in the tother day Filisteis drowen awei the spuylis of slayn men, and founden Saul and hise sones liggynge in the hil of Gelboe. |
| [9]and strip him, and bear away his head, and his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about to proclaim tidings [to] their idols and the people, |
[9]And whanne thei hadden spuylid hym, and hadden gird of the heed, and hadden maad hym nakid of armeris, thei senten in to her lond, that it schulde be borun aboute, and schulde be schewid in the templis of idols and to puplis; |
| [10]and put his weapons in the house of their gods, and his skull they have fixed in the house of Dagon. |
[10]forsothe thei halewiden his armeris in the temple of her god, and thei settiden the heed in the temple of Dagon. |
| [11]And all Jabesh-Gilead hear of all that the Philistines have done to Saul, |
[11]Whanne men of Jabes of Galad hadden herd this, that is, alle thingis whiche the Filisteis diden on Saul, |
| [12]and all the men of valour rise and bear away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and bring them in to Jabesh, and bury their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fast seven days. |
[12]alle stronge men risiden togidere, and took the deed bodies of Saul and of hise sones, and brouyten tho in to Jabes; and thei birieden the boonus of hem vndur an ook, that was in Jabes; and thei fastiden seuene daies. |
| [13]And Saul dieth because of his trespass that he trespassed against Jehovah, against the word of Jehovah that he kept not, and also for asking at a familiar spirit -- to inquire, -- |
[13]Therfor Saul was deed for hise wickidnessis, for he brak the comaundement of the Lord, whiche he comaundide, and kepte not it, but ferthirmore also he took counsel at a womman hauynge a feend spekynge in the wombe, and he hopide not in the Lord; |
| [14]and he inquired not at Jehovah, and He putteth him to death, and turneth round the kingdom to David son of Jesse. |
[14]for which thing both the Lord killide hym, and translatide his rewme to Dauid, sone of Ysay. |