The young man who was telling him this said,“ I just happened to be on Mount Gilboa and came across Saul leaning on his spear for support. The chariots and leaders of the horsemen were in hot pursuit of him.

报信的少年人说：“我偶然到基利波山，看见扫罗伏在自己枪上，有战车、马兵紧紧地追他。

报信的青年说：“我恰巧到基利波山，看哪，扫罗靠在自己的枪上，看哪，有战车、骑兵紧紧地追他。

报信的青年说：“我恰巧到基利波山，看哪，扫罗靠在自己的枪上，看哪，有战车、骑兵紧紧地追他。

青年说：“我偶然到基利波山，看见扫罗在那里扶枪而立，敌人的战车骑兵紧紧追来。

那个向大卫报信的年轻人回答：“我刚巧在基利波山，看见扫罗靠在自己的矛枪上，又见有战车和马兵紧紧地追赶他。

報信的少年人說：「我偶然到基利波山，看見掃羅伏在自己槍上，有戰車、馬兵緊緊地追他。

報信的青年說：「我恰巧到基利波山，看哪，掃羅靠在自己的槍上，看哪，有戰車、騎兵緊緊地追他。

報信的青年說：「我恰巧到基利波山，看哪，掃羅靠在自己的槍上，看哪，有戰車、騎兵緊緊地追他。

青年說：「我偶然到基利波山，看見掃羅在那裡扶槍而立，敵人的戰車騎兵緊緊追來。

那個向大衛報信的年輕人回答：“我剛巧在基利波山，看見掃羅靠在自己的矛槍上，又見有戰車和馬兵緊緊地追趕他。

向他報信的青年人說：『我碰巧在基利波山上，忽見掃羅靠在自己的矛上，又見有車輛和馬兵首領緊緊地追上他。

那報信的年輕人回答：「我正巧來到基利波山上，看哪，掃羅靠在他的長矛上，戰車和騎兵正向他逼近。

少者曰、吾偶於基利波山、見掃羅倚其槍、車騎追襲甚急、

少者曰、我偶至吉破山、見掃羅倚於戟、車騎追襲於後。

來告之少者曰、我偶至基利波阿山、見掃羅倚於槍、戰車馬卒追襲其後、

“ I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” the young man said,“ and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit.

“ I just happened to be there on Mount Gilboa,” the young man said.“ Saul was there too. He was leaning on his spear. The enemy chariots and chariot drivers had almost caught up with him.

And the young man who told him said,“ By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear, and behold, the chariots and the horsemen were close upon him.

The man answered,“ I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear with the enemy chariots and charioteers closing in on him.

“ I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied,“ and there was Saul, leaning on his spear. At that very moment the chariots and the cavalry were closing in on him.

The young man who told him said,“ By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen had overtaken him.

Then the young man who told him said,“ As I happened by chance to be on Mount Gilboa, there was Saul, leaning on his spear; and indeed the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.

“ I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied,“ and there was Saul, leaning on his spear. At that very moment the chariots and the cavalry were closing in on him.

And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

The young man who told him said,“ As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed close behind him.

The Philistines assembled; they came and camped at Shunem. Saul mustered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.

But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”

O mountains of Gilboa, may there be no dew or rain on you, nor fields of grain offerings! For it was there that the shield of warriors was defiled; the shield of Saul lies neglected without oil.

Now by chance a priest was going down that road, but when he saw the injured man he passed by on the other side.

Saul told his armor bearer,“ Draw your sword and stab me with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come and torture me.” But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died.So Saul and his three sons died; his whole household died together.

So Ruth went and gathered grain in the fields behind the harvesters. Now she just happened to end up in the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. The men of Israel fled from the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.The Philistines stayed right on the heels of Saul and his sons. They struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.Saul himself was in the thick of the battle; the archers spotted him and wounded him severely.Saul said to his armor bearer,“ Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come, stab me, and torture me.” But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men died together that day.When the men of Israel who were in the valley and across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.