1 Samuel 31

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1 Trabaron batalla los filisteos contra Israel y huyeron los hombres de Israel ante los filisteos y cayeron heridos de muerte en el monte Gelboé.	1 Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. And the men of Israel fled before the face of the Philistines, and they fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
2 Apretaron de cerca los filisteos a Saúl y a sus hijos y mataron los filisteos a Jonatán, Abinadab y Malki Súa, hijos de Saúl.	2 And the Philistines rushed upon Saul, and upon his sons, and they struck down Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3 El peso de la batalla cargó sobre Saúl. Los arqueros tiron sobre él y fue herido por ellos.	3 And the entire weight of the battle was turned against Saul. And the men who were archers pursued him. And he was severely wounded by the archers.
4 Dijo Saúl a su escudero: «Saca tu espada y traspásame, no sea que lleguen esos incircuncisos y hagan mofa de mí », pero el escudero no quiso pues estaba lleno de temor. Entonces Saúl tomó la espada y se arrojó sobre ella.	4 Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and strike me, otherwise these uncircumcised may come and kill me, mocking me.” And his armor bearer was not willing. For he had been struck with an exceedingly great fear. And so, Saul took his own sword, and he fell upon it.
5 Viendo el escudero que Saúl había muerto, se arrojó también sobre su espada y murió con él.	5 And when his armor bearer had seen this, namely, that Saul had died, he too fell upon his sword, and he died with him.
6 Así murieron aquel día juntamente Saúl y sus tres hijos y su escudero.	6 Therefore, Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.
7 Cuando los hombres de Israel que estaban del lado frontero del valle y del otro lado del Jordán vieron que las tropas de Israel se daban a la fuga y que Saúl y sus hijos habían muerto, abandonaron sus ciudades y huyeron; vinieron los filisteos y se establecieron en ellas.	7 Then, seeing that the men of the Israelites had fled, and that Saul had died with his sons, the men of Israel who were across the valley or beyond the Jordan abandoned their cities, and they fled. And the Philistines went and lived there.
8 Al otro día vinieron los filisteos para despojar a los muertos y encontraron a Saúl y a sus tres hijos caídos en el monte Gelboé.	8 Then, when the next day arrived, the Philistines came, so that they might despoil the slain. And they found Saul and his three sons lying on mount Gilboa.
9 Cortaron su cabeza y le despojaron de sus armas que hicieron pasear a la redonda por el país de los filisteos para anunciar la buena nueva a sus dioses y a su pueblo.	9 And they cut off the head of Saul. And they despoiled him of the armor, and they sent it into the land of the Philistines all around, so that it might be announced in the temples of the idols and among their people.
10 Depositaron sus armas en el templo de Astarté y colgaron su cuerpo de los muros de Bet San.	10 And they placed his armor in the temple of Ashtaroth. But his body they suspended on the wall of Bethshan.
11 Supieron los habitantes de Yabés de Galaad lo que los filisteos habían hecho con Saúl,	11 And when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead had heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 se levantaron todos los valientes y caminando durante toda la noche, tomaron del muro de Bet San el cuerpo de Saúl y los cuerpos de sus hijos y llevándolos a Yabés los quemaron allí.	12 all the most valiant men rose up, and they walked all night, and they took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan. And they went to Jabesh Gilead, and they burned them there.
13 Tomaron sus huesos y los sepultaron bajo el tamarisco de Yabés y ayunaron siete días.	13 And they took their bones, and they buried them in the forest of Jabesh. And they fasted for seven days.