1 Samuel 31:4

Good News Translation

He said to the young man carrying his weapons, “Draw your sword and kill me, so that these godless Philistines won't gloat over me and kill me.” But the young man was too terrified to do it. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:1

After Saul's death David came back from his victory over the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag for two days.

2 Samuel 1:14

David asked him, “How is it that you dared kill the Lord's chosen king?”

2 Samuel 1:20

Do not announce it in Gath or in the streets of Ashkelon. Do not make the women of Philistia glad; do not let the daughters of pagans rejoice.

2 Samuel 1:6

He answered, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and I saw that Saul was leaning on his spear and that the chariots and cavalry of the enemy were closing in on him.

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and went back to his hometown. After putting his affairs in order, he hanged himself. He was buried in the family grave.

2 Samuel 21:12

he went and got the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from the people of Jabesh in Gilead. (They had stolen them from the public square in Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged the bodies on the day they killed Saul on Mount Gilboa.)

1 Kings 16:18

When Zimri saw that the city had fallen, he went into the palace's inner fortress, set the palace on fire, and died in the flames.

1 Kings 16:27

Everything else that Omri did and all his accomplishments are recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.

1 Chronicles 10:4

He said to the young man carrying his weapons, “Draw your sword and kill me, to keep these godless Philistines from gloating over me.” But the young man was too terrified to do it. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it.

Judges 14:3

But his father and mother asked him, “Why do you have to go to those heathen Philistines to get a wife? Can't you find someone in our own clan, among all our people?” But Samson told his father, “She is the one I want you to get for me. I like her.”

Judges 9:54

Then he quickly called the young man who was carrying his weapons and told him, “Draw your sword and kill me. I don't want it said that a woman killed me.” So the young man ran him through, and he died.

1 Samuel 14:6

Jonathan said to the young man, “Let's cross over to the camp of those heathen Philistines. Maybe the Lord will help us; if he does, nothing can keep him from giving us the victory, no matter how few of us there are.”

1 Samuel 17:26

David asked the men who were near him, “What will the man get who kills this Philistine and frees Israel from this disgrace? After all, who is this heathen Philistine to defy the army of the living God?”

1 Samuel 17:36

I have killed lions and bears, and I will do the same to this heathen Philistine, who has defied the army of the living God.

1 Samuel 26:10

By the living Lord,” David continued, “I know that the Lord himself will kill Saul, either when his time comes to die a natural death or when he dies in battle.

1 Samuel 31:5

The young man saw that Saul was dead, so he too threw himself on his own sword and died with Saul.