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Saul’s Overthrow and Death

1 Chronicles 10:3

In 11 translations

BSB
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
KJV
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.and the archers: Heb. and the shooters with bowshit: Heb. found
WEB
The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers.
ASV
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers.
LSV
And the battle [is] heavy on Saul, and those shooting with the bow find him, and he is wounded by those shooting,
YLT
And the battle [is] heavy on Saul, and those shooting with the bow find him, and he is wounded by those shooting,
DBY
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers came up with him, and he was terrified by the archers.
DRC
And the battle grew hard against Saul, and the archers reached him, and wounded him with arrows.
GNV
And the battel was sore against Saul; and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
JPS
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was in anguish by reason of the archers.
LXXE
And the battle prevailed against Saul, and the archers hit him with bows and arrows, and they were wounded of the bows.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַתִּכְבַּ֤ד הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ עַל־שָׁא֔וּל וַיִּמְצָאֻ֖הוּ הַמּוֹרִ֣ים בַּקָּ֑שֶׁת וַיָּ֖חֶל מִן־הַיּוֹרִֽים׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐβαρύνθη ὁ πόλεμος ἐπὶ Σαούλ· καὶ εὗρον αὐτὸν οἱ τοξόται ἐν τόξοις καὶ πόνοις, καὶ ἐπονέσαν ἀπὸ τῶν τόξων.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Samuel 1:4–10“What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.” Then David asked the young man who had…
  • 1 Samuel 31:3–6When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically. Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me…
  • Amos 2:14Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
  • Genesis 49:23–24The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility. Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of…

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