1 Samuel 31:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Saul was dead, his three sons were dead, and the soldier who carried his weapons was dead. They and all his soldiers died on that same day.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:1

Saul was dead. Meanwhile, David had defeated the Amalekites and returned to Ziklag.

2 Samuel 1:12

They cried all day long and would not eat anything. Everyone was sad because Saul, his son Jonathan, and many of the LORD's people had been killed in the battle.

1 Chronicles 10:6

Saul, three of his sons, and all his male relatives were dead.

Judges 9:54

The soldier who carried his weapons was nearby, and Abimelech told him, “Take out your sword and kill me. I don't want people to say that I was killed by a woman!” So the soldier ran his sword through Abimelech.

1 Samuel 11:15

Everyone went to the place of worship at Gilgal, where they agreed that Saul would be their king. Saul and the people sacrificed animals to ask for the LORD's blessing, and they had a big celebration.

1 Samuel 12:17

Isn't this the dry season? I'm going to ask the LORD to send a thunderstorm. When you see it, you will realize how wrong you were to ask for a king.

1 Samuel 12:25

But if you and your king do evil, the LORD will wipe you out.

1 Samuel 26:10

As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD will kill Saul, or Saul will die a natural death or be killed in battle.

1 Samuel 28:19

Tomorrow the LORD will let the Philistines defeat Israel's army, then you and your sons will join me down here in the world of the dead.

1 Samuel 31:5

When the soldier knew that Saul was dead, he killed himself in the same way.

1 Samuel 31:7

The Israelites on the other side of Jezreel Valley and the other side of the Jordan learnt that Saul and his sons were dead. They saw that the Israelite army had run away. So they ran away too, and the Philistines moved into the towns the Israelites had left behind.