1 Samuel 31:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Thus Saul, his three sons, and his armor-bearer died together on that same day.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:1

After the death of Saul, David returned from his victory over the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.

2 Samuel 1:12

They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

1 Chronicles 10:6

Thus Saul, and his three sons, his whole house, died together.

Judges 9:54

He immediately called his armor-bearer and said to him, “Draw your sword and put me to death so they will not say about me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So his attendant ran him through and he died.

1 Samuel 11:15

So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king in the Lord’s presence. They also sacrificed communion offerings there before the Lord, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.

1 Samuel 12:17

Are we not in the harvest time for wheat? Yet I will call upon the Lord, and he will send thunder and rain. Thus you will see and understand how great an evil it is in the eyes of the Lord that you have asked for a king.”

1 Samuel 12:25

If instead you continue to do evil, both you and your king shall be swept away.”

1 Samuel 26:10

As the Lord lives,” David declared, “only the Lord can strike him: either when the time comes for him to die, or when he goes out and perishes in battle.

1 Samuel 28:19

Moreover, the Lord will deliver Israel, and you as well, into the hands of the Philistines. By tomorrow you and your sons will be with me, and the Lord will have delivered the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 31:5

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

1 Samuel 31:7

When the Israelites on the slope of the valley and those along the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. Then the Philistines came and lived in those cities.