This article is about Saul (King). For other homonyms, please refer to the Saul article. King Saul is the first king of Israel. He is the son of Kish, a prominent figure of the tribe of Benjamin, and is from Gibeah.
1 Samuel 9:1He had a son, whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a better person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was taller than any of the people.1 Samuel 9:2The donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, “Now take one of the servants with you, and arise, go look for the donkeys.”
1 Samuel 9:21Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the guest room, and made them sit in the best place among those who were invited, who were about thirty persons.
부인은 아히노암이고, 아들 총 네명으로 요나단(사울왕의 아들), 말기수아, 아비나답과 이스위(에스바알), 딸은 메랍, 미갈이다.
1 Chronicles 8:33The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal. Merib Baal became the father of Micah.
1 Chronicles 9:39The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal. Merib Baal became the father of Micah.
1 Samuel 14:49The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the captain of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.1 Samuel 14:50Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
사무엘의 노년에 이스라엘 백성들이 자신들도 왕을 요구하여, 하나님이 허락을 하셨다.
1 Samuel 8:4They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”1 Samuel 8:5But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” Samuel prayed to Yahweh.1 Samuel 8:6Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them.1 Samuel 8:7According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so they also do to you.
1 Samuel 9:1He had a son, whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a better person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was taller than any of the people.1 Samuel 9:2The donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, “Now take one of the servants with you, and arise, go look for the donkeys.”1 Samuel 9:3He passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they didn’t find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and they weren’t there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they didn’t find them.1 Samuel 9:4When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come! Let’s return, lest my father stop caring about the donkeys, and be anxious for us.”1 Samuel 9:5The servant said to him, “Behold now, there is a man of God in this city, and he is a man who is held in honor. All that he says surely happens. Now let’s go there. Perhaps he can tell us which way to go.”1 Samuel 9:6Then Saul said to his servant, “But, behold, if we go, what should we bring the man? For the bread is spent in our sacks, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?”1 Samuel 9:7The servant answered Saul again, and said, “Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver. I will give that to the man of God, to tell us our way.”1 Samuel 9:8(In earlier times in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, “Come! Let’s go to the seer;” for he who is now called a prophet was before called a seer.)1 Samuel 9:9Then Saul said to his servant, “Well said. Come! Let’s go.” So they went to the city where the man of God was.1 Samuel 9:10As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer here?”1 Samuel 9:11They answered them, and said, “He is. Behold, he is before you. Hurry now, for he has come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place.1 Samuel 9:12As soon as you have come into the city, you will immediately find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat until he comes, because he blesses the sacrifice. Afterwards those who are invited eat. Now therefore go up; for at this time you will find him.”1 Samuel 9:13They went up to the city. As they came within the city, behold, Samuel came out toward them, to go up to the high place.
1 Samuel 10:1When you have departed from me today, then you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb, on the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will tell you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, “What shall I do for my son?” ’
이후 미스바에서 공식적으로 왕으로 추대를 받게 되었으나, 백성들로부터 확고한 지지를 받지는 못한 것으로 보인다.
1 Samuel 10:17and he said to the children of Israel)), “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt), and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’1 Samuel 10:18But you have today rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, ‘No! Set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes, and by your thousands.”1 Samuel 10:19So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen.1 Samuel 10:20He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families; and the family of the Matrites was chosen. Then Saul the son of Kish was chosen; but when they looked for him, he could not be found.1 Samuel 10:21Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, “Is there yet a man to come here?” Yahweh answered, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”1 Samuel 10:22They ran and got him there. When he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.1 Samuel 10:23Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is no one like him among all the people?” All the people shouted, and said, “Long live the king!”1 Samuel 10:24Then Samuel told the people the regulations of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yahweh. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.1 Samuel 10:25Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and the army went with him, whose hearts God had touched.1 Samuel 10:26But certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.1 Samuel 10:27But certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
이후 암몬 족속 나하스의 침략에 맞서 싸워 이김으로써 백성들로부터 마음을 얻어 실제적인 왕위에 오르게 되었다.
1 Samuel 11:1Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make it with you, that all your right eyes be gouged out. I will make this dishonor all Israel.”1 Samuel 11:2The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you.”1 Samuel 11:3Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people, then all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.1 Samuel 11:4Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, “What ails the people that they weep?” They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.1 Samuel 11:5God’s Spirit came mightily on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger burned hot.1 Samuel 11:6He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, “Whoever doesn’t come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.” The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.1 Samuel 11:7He counted them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.1 Samuel 11:8They said to the messengers who came, “Tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will be rescued.’ ” The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.1 Samuel 11:9Therefore the men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you.”1 Samuel 11:10On the next day, Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the middle of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.1 Samuel 11:11The people said to Samuel, “Who is he who said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Bring those men, that we may put them to death!”1 Samuel 11:12Saul said, “No man shall be put to death today; for today Yahweh has rescued Israel.”1 Samuel 11:13Then Samuel said to the people, “Come! Let’s go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.”1 Samuel 11:14All the people went to Gilgal); and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal. There they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.1 Samuel 11:15All the people went to Gilgal); and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal. There they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
최종적으로 아말렉 족속과 전투에 모든 전리품을 진멸하라는 하나님의 명령을 어김으로써 하나님으로부터 버림을 받게 된다.
1 Samuel 15:1Yahweh of Armies says, ‘I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way, when he came up out of Egypt.1 Samuel 15:2Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don’t spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”1 Samuel 15:3Saul summoned the people, and counted them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.1 Samuel 15:4Saul came to the city of Amalek, and set an ambush in the valley.1 Samuel 15:5Saul said to the Kenites), “Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.1 Samuel 15:6Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.1 Samuel 15:7He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.1 Samuel 15:8But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, of the cattle, and of the fat calves, and the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to utterly destroy them; but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.1 Samuel 15:9Then Yahweh’s word came to Samuel, saying,1 Samuel 15:10“It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.” Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.1 Samuel 15:11Samuel) rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and Samuel was told, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.”1 Samuel 15:12Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, “You are blessed by Yahweh! I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.”1 Samuel 15:13Samuel said, “Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?”1 Samuel 15:14Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the cattle, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God. We have utterly destroyed the rest.”1 Samuel 15:15Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stay, and I will tell you what Yahweh said to me last night.” He said to him, “Say on.”1 Samuel 15:16Samuel said, “Though you were little in your own sight, weren’t you made the head of the tribes of Israel)? Yahweh anointed you king over Israel;1 Samuel 15:17and Yahweh sent you on a journey, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’1 Samuel 15:18Why then didn’t you obey Yahweh’s voice, but took the plunder, and did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight?”1 Samuel 15:19Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed Yahweh’s voice, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek), and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.1 Samuel 15:20But the people took of the plunder, sheep and cattle, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.”1 Samuel 15:21Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.1 Samuel 15:22For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected Yahweh’s word, he has also rejected you from being king.”1 Samuel 15:23Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
1 Samuel 16:14Saul’s servants said to him, “See now, an evil spirit from God troubles you.
이 때 다윗이 와서 수금 연주로 악신을 물리쳐주었고, 그 이 후 블레셋 민족과의 전쟁에서도 다윗이 골리앗을 죽임으로써 전쟁을 이기게 된다.
1 Samuel 16:18Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”1 Samuel 16:19Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a container of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul.1 Samuel 16:20David came to Saul, and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.1 Samuel 16:21Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight.”1 Samuel 16:22When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp, and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.1 Samuel 16:23When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp, and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
1 Samuel 17:1Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.1 Samuel 17:2The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.1 Samuel 17:3A champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span went out.1 Samuel 17:4He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he wore a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.1 Samuel 17:5He had bronze shin armor on his legs, and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.1 Samuel 17:6The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. His shield bearer went before him.1 Samuel 17:7He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.1 Samuel 17:8If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.”1 Samuel 17:9The Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel today! Give me a man, that we may fight together!”1 Samuel 17:10When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.1 Samuel 17:11Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse); and he had eight sons. The man was an elderly old man in the days of Saul.1 Samuel 17:12The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.1 Samuel 17:13David was the youngest; and the three oldest followed Saul.1 Samuel 17:14Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.1 Samuel 17:15The Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.1 Samuel 17:16Jesse said to David his son, “Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers;1 Samuel 17:17and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.”1 Samuel 17:18Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.1 Samuel 17:19David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took and went, as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the place of the wagons, as the army which was going out to the fight shouted for the battle.1 Samuel 17:20Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.1 Samuel 17:21David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.1 Samuel 17:22As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and said the same words; and David heard them.1 Samuel 17:23All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were terrified.1 Samuel 17:24The men of Israel)) said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. The king will give great riches to the man who kills him, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.”1 Samuel 17:25David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”1 Samuel 17:26The people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”1 Samuel 17:27Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David), and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”1 Samuel 17:28David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”1 Samuel 17:29He turned away from him toward another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again the same way.1 Samuel 17:30When the words were heard which David) spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.1 Samuel 17:31David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”1 Samuel 17:32Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”1 Samuel 17:33David said to Saul, “Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock,1 Samuel 17:34I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.1 Samuel 17:35Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.”1 Samuel 17:36David) said, “Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go! Yahweh will be with you.”1 Samuel 17:37Saul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of bronze on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.1 Samuel 17:38David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, “I can’t go with these; for I have not tested them.” Then David took them off.1 Samuel 17:39He took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag which he had. His sling was in his hand; and he came near to the Philistine.1 Samuel 17:40The Philistine walked and came near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him.1 Samuel 17:41When the Philistine looked around, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and had a good looking face.1 Samuel 17:42The Philistine said to David), “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” The Philistine cursed David by his gods.1 Samuel 17:43The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field.”1 Samuel 17:44Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.1 Samuel 17:45Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you, and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines today to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,1 Samuel 17:46and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn’t save with sword and spear; for the battle is Yahweh’s, and he will give you into our hand.”1 Samuel 17:47When the Philistine arose, and walked and came near to meet David), David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.1 Samuel 17:48David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.1 Samuel 17:49So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.1 Samuel 17:50Then David ran, stood over the Philistine, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines) saw that their champion was dead, they fled.1 Samuel 17:51The men of Israel and of Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines) as far as Gai and to the gates of Ekron). The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and to Ekron.1 Samuel 17:52The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines and they plundered their camp.1 Samuel 17:53David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.1 Samuel 17:54When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner)), the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I can’t tell.”1 Samuel 17:55The king said, “Inquire whose son the young man is!”1 Samuel 17:56As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.1 Samuel 17:57Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, you young man?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”1 Samuel 17:58Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, you young man?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
이후, 블레셋 민족과의 전쟁하는 데에 어려움을 겪는데, 하나님이 침묵하시자 결국 신접한 여인을 찾는 죄를 다시 범하게 된다.
1 Samuel 28:4When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.1 Samuel 28:5When Saul inquired of Yahweh, Yahweh didn’t answer him by dreams, by Urim, or by prophets.1 Samuel 28:6Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek for me a woman who has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.” His servants said to him, “Behold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at Endor.”1 Samuel 28:7Saul disguised himself and put on other clothing, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night. Then he said, “Please consult for me by the familiar spirit, and bring me up whomever I shall name to you.”1 Samuel 28:8The woman said to him, “Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. Why then do you lay a snare for my life, to cause me to die?”1 Samuel 28:9Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, “As Yahweh lives, no punishment will happen to you for this thing.”1 Samuel 28:10Then the woman said, “Whom shall I bring up to you?” He said, “Bring Samuel up for me.”1 Samuel 28:11When the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, “Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul!”1 Samuel 28:12The king said to her, “Don’t be afraid! What do you see?” The woman said to Saul, “I see a god coming up out of the earth.”1 Samuel 28:13He said to her, “What does he look like?” She said, “An old man comes up. He is covered with a robe.” Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and showed respect.1 Samuel 28:14Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me, to bring me up?” Saul answered, “I am very distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me, and answers me no more, by prophets, or by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do.”1 Samuel 28:15Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since Yahweh has departed from you and has become your adversary?1 Samuel 28:16Yahweh has done to you as he spoke by me. Yahweh has torn the kingdom out of your hand, and given it to your neighbor, even to David.1 Samuel 28:17Because you didn’t obey Yahweh’s voice, and didn’t execute his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore Yahweh has done this thing to you today.1 Samuel 28:18Moreover Yahweh will deliver Israel) also with you into the hand of the Philistines); and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. Yahweh will deliver the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.”1 Samuel 28:19Then Saul fell immediately his full length on the earth, and was terrified, because of Samuel’s words. There was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all day long or all night long.
이후, 길보아 산에서 전투중 세 아들 요나단, 아비나답, 말기수아와 함께 전사하게 되고, 벧산성벽에 시체가 못박히는 최후를 맞게 되었다. 길르앗 야베스 사람들에 의해 야베스 에셀나무 아래에 장사되었다.
1 Samuel 31:1The Philistines overtook Saul and on his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.1 Samuel 31:2The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.1 Samuel 31:3Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me!” But his armor bearer would not; for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.1 Samuel 31:4When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died with him.1 Samuel 31:5So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, that same day together.1 Samuel 31:6When the men of Israel) who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.1 Samuel 31:7On the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.1 Samuel 31:8They cut off his head, stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to the house of their idols, and to the people.1 Samuel 31:9They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.1 Samuel 31:10When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,1 Samuel 31:11all the valiant men arose, 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 burned them there.1 Samuel 31:12They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.1 Samuel 31:13They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
참고로, 나머지 넷째 이스위(에스바알, 후에 이스보셋으로 이름이 바뀐다.)는 사울 왕이 죽은 뒤 잠시동안 왕위를 잇게 된다.