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

⁵ 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

⁵ And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword and died with him.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.

Common English Bible

⁵ When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also impaled himself on his sword and died with Saul.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ 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

⁵ 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.