1 Samuel · Bible in Basic English
1 Samuel 31 Bible in Basic English
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1 Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel: and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.
1 LOS Filisteos pues pelearon con Israel, y los de Israel huyeron delante de los Filisteos, y cayeron muertos en el monte de Gilboa.
2 And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and they put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
2 Y siguiendo los Filisteos á Saúl y á sus hijos, mataron á Jonathán, y á Abinadab, y á Melchîsua, hijos de Saúl.
3 And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.
3 Y agravóse la batalla sobre Saúl, y le alcanzaron los flecheros; y tuvo gran temor de los flecheros.
4 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 falling on it, put an end to himself.
4 Entonces dijo Saúl á su escudero: Saca tu espada, y pásame con ella, porque no vengan estos incircuncisos, y me pasen, y me escarnezcan. Mas su escudero no quería, porque tenía gran temor. Entonces tomó Saúl la espada, y echóse sobre ella.
5 And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and was united with him in death.
5 Y viendo su escudero á Saúl muerto, él también se echó sobre su espada, y murió con él.
6 So death overtook Saul and his three sons and his servant on the same day.
6 Así murió Saúl en aquel día, juntamente con sus tres hijos, y su escudero, y todos sus varones.
7 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 themselves.
7 Y los de Israel que eran de la otra parte del valle, y de la otra parte del Jordán, viendo que Israel había huído, y que Saúl y sus hijos eran muertos, dejaron las ciudades y huyeron; y los Filisteos vinieron y habitaron en ellas.
8 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.
8 Y aconteció el siguiente día, que viniendo los Filisteos á despojar los muertos, hallaron á Saúl y á sus tres hijos tendidos en el monte de Gilboa;
9 And cutting off his head and taking away his war-dress, they sent word into the land of the Philistines round about, to take the news to their gods and to the people.
9 Y cortáronle la cabeza, y desnudáronle las armas; y enviaron á tierra de los Filisteos al contorno, para que lo noticiaran en el templo de sus ídolos, y por el pueblo.
10 His war-dress they put in the house of Astarte; and his body was fixed on the wall of Beth-shan.
10 Y pusieron sus armas en el templo de Astaroth, y colgaron su cuerpo en el muro de Beth-san.
11 And when the people of Jabesh-gilead had news of what the Philistines had done to Saul,
11 Mas oyendo los de Jabes de Galaad esto que los Filisteos hicieron á Saúl,
12 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.
12 Todos los hombres valientes se levantaron, y anduvieron toda aquella noche, y quitaron el cuerpo de Saúl y los cuerpos de sus hijos del muro de Beth-san; y viniendo á Jabes, quemáronlos allí.
13 And their bones they put in the earth under a tree in Jabesh; and for seven days they took no food.
13 Y tomando sus huesos, sepultáronlos debajo de un árbol en Jabes, y ayunaron siete días.
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Abinadab
One of Saul's sons, killed by the Philistines on Mount Gilboa together with Jonathan and Malchishua.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 31:2; 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39
Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Chronicles 10:1–12; 1 Samuel 28:4; 2 Samuel 1:21; 1 Samuel 28:15; 1 Samuel 29:1
- 2 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Samuel 14:49; 1 Samuel 13:16; 1 Samuel 23:17; 1 Chronicles 9:39
- 3 2 Samuel 1:6; Genesis 49:23; 2 Samuel 1:4; Amos 2:14; 1 Kings 22:34
- 4 Judges 9:54; 2 Samuel 1:9–10; 2 Samuel 1:6; 2 Samuel 17:23; 2 Samuel 1:20
- 5 1 Chronicles 10:5
- 6 1 Samuel 4:10–11; 1 Samuel 28:19; Hosea 13:10–11; 1 Samuel 11:15; Ecclesiastes 9:1–2
- 7 Leviticus 26:36; 1 Samuel 13:6; Judges 6:2; Leviticus 26:32; Deuteronomy 28:33
- 8 2 Chronicles 20:25; 1 Chronicles 10:8
- 9 2 Samuel 1:20; Judges 16:23–24; 1 Chronicles 10:9–10; 1 Samuel 31:4; 1 Samuel 17:51
- 10 Judges 2:13; Joshua 17:11; 1 Samuel 21:9; 1 Samuel 7:3; 2 Samuel 21:12–14
- 11 2 Samuel 2:4; 1 Samuel 11:1–11
- 12 2 Chronicles 16:14; Jeremiah 34:5; 2 Samuel 2:4–7; Amos 6:10
- 13 2 Samuel 21:12–14; Genesis 50:10; 2 Samuel 1:12; 1 Samuel 22:6; Genesis 35:8
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