When allthe menof Israelwhowere in the valleysawthat they had fled,and that Sauland his sonswere dead,they forsooktheir citiesand fled;and the Philistinescameand livedin them.
Thus Sauldiedwith his threesons,and all[those] of his housediedtogether.
It cameabout the nextday,when the Philistinescameto stripthe slain,that they foundSauland his sonsfallenon MountGilboa.
I will laywasteyour citiesas well and will makeyour sanctuariesdesolate,and I will not smellyour soothingaromas.
As for those of you who may be left,I will also bringweaknessinto their heartsin the landsof their enemies.And the soundof a drivenleafwill chasethem, and even when noone is pursuingthey will fleeas thoughfrom the sword,and they will fall.
"A peoplewhomyou do not knowshall eatup the produceof your groundand allyour labors,and you will neverbe anythingbut oppressedand crushedcontinually.
"The alienwhois amongyou shall riseaboveyou higherand higher,but you will godownlowerand lower.
The powerof MidianprevailedagainstIsrael.Becauseof Midianthe sonsof Israelmadefor themselves the denswhichwere in the mountainsand the cavesand the strongholds.
When the menof Israelsawthat they were in a strait(for the peoplewere hard-pressed),then the peoplehidthemselves in caves,in thickets,in cliffs,in cellars,and in pits.
When the menof Israelwhowere on the othersideof the valley,with those whowere beyondthe Jordan,sawthat the menof Israelhad fledand that Sauland his sonswere dead,they abandonedthe citiesand fled;then the Philistinescameand livedin them.
