1 Samuel 31:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise 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 it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the castle of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died,

1 Chronicles 10:5

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

Judges 9:54

Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and kill me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

1 Samuel 31:4

Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

1 Samuel 31:6

So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.