1 Chronicles 10
Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel
1 Chronicles chapter 10 is given here in full, verse by verse, in Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), with the Greek text of the Septuagint set beneath each verse. The text follows the Septuagint tradition received throughout the Orthodox Church.
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1 Chronicles 10
1Now the Philistines warred against Israel; and they fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gelbue.Καὶ ἀλλόφυλοι ἐπολέμησαν πρὸς τὸν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἔφυγον ἀπὸ προσώπου ἀλλοφύλων, καὶ ἔπεσον τραυματίαι ἐν ὄρει Γελβουέ.
2And the Philistines pursued after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines struck Jonathan, and Aminadab, and Melchisue, sons of Saul.Καὶ κατεδίωξαν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι ὀπίσω Σαοὺλ καὶ ὀπίσω τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐπάταξαν ἀλλόφυλοι τὸν Ἰωνάθαν, καὶ τὸν Ἀμιναδὰβ, καὶ τὸν Μελχισουὲ, υἱοὺς Σαούλ.
3And the battle prevailed against Saul, and the archers hit him with bows and arrows, and they were wounded of the bows.Καὶ ἐβαρύνθη ὁ πόλεμος ἐπὶ Σαούλ· καὶ εὗρον αὐτὸν οἱ τοξόται ἐν τόξοις καὶ πόνοις, καὶ ἐπονέσαν ἀπὸ τῶν τόξων.
4And Saul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword, and pierce me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and mock me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid: so Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.Καὶ εἶπε Σαοὺλ τῷ αἴροντι τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ, σπάσαι τὴν ῥομφαίαν σου, καὶ ἐκκέντησόν με ἐν αὐτῇ, μὴ ἔλθωσιν οἱ ἀπερίτμητοι οὗτοι καὶ ἐμπαίξωσί μοι· καὶ οὐκ ἐβούλετο ὁ αἴρων τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἐφοβεῖτο σφόδρα· καὶ ἔλαβε Σαοὺλ τὴν ῥομφαίαν, καὶ ἐπέπεσεν ἐπʼ αὐτήν.
5And his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, and he also fell upon his sword.Καὶ εἶδεν ὁ αἴρων τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἀπέθανε Σαοὺλ, καὶ ἔπεσε καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπὶ τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ.
6So Saul died, and his three sons on that day, and all his family died at the same time.Καὶ ἀπέθανε Σαοὺλ, καὶ τρεῖς υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ· καὶ πᾶς ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἀπέθανε.
7And all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, and they left their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and lived in them.Καὶ εἶδε πᾶς ἀνὴρ Ἰσραὴλ ὁ ἐν τῷ αὐλῶνι ὅτι ἔφυγεν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ὅτι ἀπέθανε Σαοὺλ καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατέλιπον τὰς πόλεις αὐτῶν καὶ ἔφυγον· καὶ ἦλθον ἀλλόφυλοι, καὶ κατῴκησαν ἐν αὐταῖς.
8And it came to pass on the next day that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his sons fallen on mount Gelbue.Καὶ ἐγένετο τῇ ἐχομένῃ, καὶ ἦλθον ἀλλόφυλοι τοῦ σκυλεύειν τοὺς τραυματίας, καὶ εὗρον τὸν Σαοὺλ καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ πεπτωκότας ἐν τῷ ὄρει Γελβουέ.
9And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent them into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim the glad tidings to their idols, and to the people.Καὶ ἐξέδυσαν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔλαβον τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπέστειλαν εἰς γῆν ἀλλοφύλων κύκλῳ τοῦ εὐαγγελίσασθαι τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν, καὶ τῷ λαῷ·
10And they put their armor in the house of their god, and they put his head in the house of Dagon.Καὶ ἔθηκαν τὰ σκεύη αὐτῶν ἐν οἴκῳ θεοῦ αὐτῶν· καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ ἔθηκαν ἐν οἴκῳ Δαγών.
11And all the dwellers in Galaad heard of all that the Philistines had done to Saul and to Israel.Καὶ ἤκουσαν πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες Γαλαὰδ ἅπαντα ἃ ἐποίησαν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι τῷ Σαοὺλ καὶ τῷ Ἰσραήλ.
12And all the mighty men rose up from Galaad, and they took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabis, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabis, and fasted seven days.Καὶ ἠγέρθησαν ἐκ Γαλαὰδ πᾶς ἀνὴρ δυνατὸς, καὶ ἔλαβον τὸ σῶμα Σαοὺλ καὶ τὸ σῶμα τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἤνεγκαν αὐτὰ εἰς Ἰαβὶς, καὶ ἔθαψαν τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτῶν ὑπὸ τὴν δρὺν ἐν Ἰαβίς· καὶ ἐνήστευσαν ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας.
13So Saul died for his transgressions, wherein he transgressed against God, against the word of the Lord, forasmuch as he kept it not, because Saul enquired of a wizard to seek counsel, and Samuel the prophet answered him:Καὶ ἀπέθανε Σαοὺλ ἐν ταῖς ἀνομίαις αὐτοῦ, αἷς ἠνόμησε τῷ Θεῷ κατὰ τὸν λόγον Κυρίου, διότι οὐκ ἐφύλαξεν, ὅτι ἐπηρώτησε Σαοὺλ ἐν τῷ ἐγγαστριμύθῳ τοῦ ζητῆσαι, καὶ ἀπεκρίνατο αὐτῷ Σαμουὴλ ὁ προφήτης,
14and he sought not the Lord: so he killed him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.καὶ οὐκ ἐζήτησε Κύριον· καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐπέστρεψε τὴν βασιλείαν τῷ Δαυὶδ υἱῷ Ἰεσσαί.
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