1 Samuel 31:4

Modern English Version

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 abuse me.” But his armor bearer would not, for he was very afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell upon it.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:1

After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, David had remained two days in Ziklag.

2 Samuel 1:14

David said to him, “How is it that you did not fear raising your hand to destroy the anointed of the Lord?”

2 Samuel 1:20

Do not report it in Gath, do not announce it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, or the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

2 Samuel 1:6

The young man who was reporting to him answered, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa when, in front of me, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen were close behind him.

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel realized that his advice was not followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his own city. He gave instruction to his household, then he hanged himself and died; he was interred in the tomb of his father.

2 Samuel 21:12

David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead who had secretly taken them from the plaza in Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hung them the day the Philistines struck down Saul on Gilboa.

1 Kings 16:18

When Zimri saw that the city had fallen, he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and he died,

1 Kings 16:27

Now the rest of the acts Omri performed and his might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

1 Chronicles 10:4

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.

Judges 14:3

His father and mother said to him, “Are there no women among your relatives, or all of our people, that you are intending to take a wife from among the uncircumcised Philistines?” Yet Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she pleases me well.”

Judges 9:54

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.

1 Samuel 14:6

Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, and let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. Perhaps the Lord will work for us, for the Lord is not limited to save by many or by few.”

1 Samuel 17:26

David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, “What will be done for the man that kills this Philistine and takes away this reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

1 Samuel 17:36

Your servant slew both the lion and the bear. And this uncircumcised Philistine will be as one of them, because he has reviled the armies of the living God.”

1 Samuel 26:10

David said, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.

1 Samuel 31:5

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