Bible verse
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.
1 Chronicles 10:5 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Chronicles 10.
1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
2 The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
3 When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
5 When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.
6 So Saul died together with his three sons and all his house.
7 When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
9 They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.
KJV
And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
ASV
And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died.
ERV
And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died.
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