1 Samuel 31 Free Bible Version
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1 Meanwhile the Philistines had attacked Israel, and the Israelite army ran away from them, and many were killed on 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 The Philistines chased down Saul and his sons, killing Saul's sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
2 Y siguiendo los Filisteos á Saúl y á sus hijos, mataron á Jonathán, y á Abinadab, y á Melchîsua, hijos de Saúl.
3 The fighting became very intense around Saul, and the arrows of the Philistine archers found their target, wounding Saul very badly.
3 Y agravóse la batalla sobre Saúl, y le alcanzaron los flecheros; y tuvo gran temor de los flecheros.
4 Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Take your sword and kill me, or these heathen men will come and kill and torture me!” But the armor-bearer didn't want to do it because he was too afraid. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
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 When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.
5 Y viendo su escudero á Saúl muerto, él también se echó sobre su espada, y murió con él.
6 Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all the men with him, died the same day.
6 Así murió Saúl en aquel día, juntamente con sus tres hijos, y su escudero, y todos sus varones.
7 When the Israelites who lived along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan realized that the Israelite army had run away, and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and they also ran away. So the Philistines came and took them over.
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 The next day, when the Philistines went to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons lying on 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 They cut off Saul's head, stripped him of his armor, and sent messengers throughout the country of the Philistines to announce the news in the temples of their idols and to their 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 They placed his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and nailed his body to the town 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 However, when the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
11 Mas oyendo los de Jabes de Galaad esto que los Filisteos hicieron á Saúl,
12 all their strong warriors set out, traveled all night, and took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they got back to Jabesh, they burned the bodies 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 Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted for seven days.
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
Malchishua
A son of Saul who fell alongside his father and brothers on Mount Gilboa.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 31:2; 1 Chronicles 10:2
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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