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| 1 | Or, les Philistins combattirent contre Israël, et les Israélites prirent la fuite devant les Philistins, et furent tués sur la montagne de Guilboa. | Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. |
| 2 | Et les Philistins poursuivirent Saül et ses fils, et tuèrent Jonathan, Abinadab, et Malkishua, fils de Saül. | And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. |
| 3 | Et l'effort du combat tomba sur Saül; et les archers l'atteignirent, et il fut dangereusement blessé par les archers. | And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers. |
| 4 | Alors Saül dit à son écuyer: Tire ton épée, et m'en transperce, de peur que ces incirconcis ne viennent, et ne me transpercent, et ne me fassent des outrages. Mais son écuyer ne le voulut point faire, car il était fort effrayé. Saül prit donc l'épée, et se jeta dessus. | Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. |
| 5 | Alors l'écuyer de Saül, voyant que Saül était mort, se jeta aussi sur son épée, et mourut avec lui. | And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him. |
| 6 | Ainsi moururent en ce jour-là, Saül et ses trois fils, son écuyer et tous ses gens. | So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, and all his men, that same day together. |
| 7 | Et ceux d'Israël qui étaient de ce côté-ci de la vallée, et de ce côté-ci du Jourdain, ayant vu que les Israélites s'étaient enfuis, et que Saül et ses fils étaient morts, abandonnèrent les villes et s'enfuirent; de sorte que les Philistins vinrent et y habitèrent. | And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were beyond 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. |
| 8 | Et, le lendemain, les Philistins vinrent pour dépouiller les morts; et ils trouvèrent Saül et ses trois fils étendus sur la montagne de Guilboa. | And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. |
| 9 | Et ils lui coupèrent la tête et le dépouillèrent de ses armes; et ils envoyèrent au pays des Philistins, de tous côtés, pour annoncer la nouvelle dans les temples de leurs idoles, et parmi le peuple. | And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto the house of their idols, and to the people. |
| 10 | Puis ils mirent ses armes au temple d'Ashtharoth, et pendirent son corps à la muraille de Beth-Shan. | And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. |
| 11 | Or, les habitants de Jabès de Galaad apprirent ce que les Philistins avaient fait à Saül; | And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul, |
| 12 | Et tous les vaillants hommes se levèrent et marchèrent toute la nuit, et enlevèrent le corps de Saül et les corps de ses fils, de la muraille de Beth-Shan; et ils revinrent à Jabès, où ils les brûlèrent. | 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 they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. |
| 13 | Puis ils prirent leurs os, et les ensevelirent sous le tamarin, près de Jabès; et ils jeûnèrent sept jours. | And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. |
