The PhilistinescloselypursuedSauland his sons,and the PhilistinesstruckdownJonathan,Abinadaband Malchi-shua,the sonsof Saul.
In his daysPharaohNecokingof Egyptwentup to the kingof Assyriato the riverEuphrates.And KingJosiahwentto meethim, and when [Pharaoh Neco] sawhim he killedhim at Megiddo.
They slaughteredthe sonsof Zedekiahbefore his eyes,then putout the eyesof Zedekiahand boundhim with bronzefettersand broughthim to Babylon.
The battlebecameheavyagainstSaul,and the archersovertookhim; and he was woundedby the archers.
Nerbecamethe fatherof Kish,and Kishbecamethe fatherof Saul,and Saulbecamethe fatherof Jonathan,Malchi-shua,Abinadaband Eshbaal.
"You shall not worshipthem or servethem; for I, the LORDyour God,am a jealousGod,visitingthe iniquityof the fatherson the children,on the thirdand the fourthgenerations of those who hateMe,
Now the sonsof Saulwere Jonathanand Ishviand Malchi-shua;and the namesof his twodaughters[were these]: the nameof the firstbornMeraband the nameof the youngerMichal.
Then Jonathansaidto the youngmanwho was carryinghis armor,"Comeand let us crossoverto the garrisonof theseuncircumcised;perhapsthe LORDwill workfor us, for the LORDis not restrainedto saveby manyorby few."
The PhilistinesovertookSauland his sons;and the PhilistineskilledJonathanand Abinadaband Malchi-shuathe sonsof Saul.
