So Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and pierce me with it, lest these uncircumcised Philistines come and make sport of me.” But his armor bearer was unwilling to do it because he was overwhelmed with fear, so Saul took the sword and fell on it himself.
Urgently he called to the young man who carried his gear and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, so that people may not say about me, ‘A woman killed him.’ ” So the young man pierced him through, and he died.