Then Saul said to his armorbearer, {\cf2\super [104]} “Pull out your sword and use it to kill me. Then those foreigners {\cf2\super [105]} will not hurt me and make fun of me when they come.”
1 Chronicles 10:5 - Easy To Read Version The armorbearer saw that Saul was dead. Then he also killed himself. He fell on the point of his own sword and died. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died. American Standard Version (1901) And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died. Common English Bible When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also impaled himself on his sword and died with Saul. Catholic Public Domain Version And when his armor bearer had seen this, specifically, that Saul was dead, he now fell on his sword also, and he died. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when his armourbearer saw it, to wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died. |
Then Saul said to his armorbearer, {\cf2\super [104]} “Pull out your sword and use it to kill me. Then those foreigners {\cf2\super [105]} will not hurt me and make fun of me when they come.”
So Saul and three of his sons died. All of Saul’s family died together.
Abimelech quickly said to the servant that carried his weapons, “Take out your sword and kill me. I want you to kill me so that people won’t say, ‘A woman killed Abimelech.’” So the servant stabbed Abimelech with his sword, and Abimelech died.
The helper saw that Saul was dead, so he used his own sword and killed himself. He died there with Saul.