1 Samuel 31:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword, and died with him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword and died with him.

American Standard Version (1901)

And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.

Common English Bible

When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also impaled himself on his sword and died with Saul.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when his armor bearer had seen this, namely, that Saul had died, he too fell upon his sword, and he died with him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when his armourbearer saw this, to wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him.

1 Samuel 31:5 Cross References

1 Kings 16:18

And when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king's house, and burned the king's house over him with fire, and died,

1 Chronicles 10:5

And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword, and died.

Judges 9:54

Then he called hastily to the young man his armor-bearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest men say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’ ” And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

1 Samuel 31:4

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and make sport of me.” But his armor-bearer would not; for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword, and fell upon it.

1 Samuel 31:6

Thus Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.