Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, so that these uncircumcised may not come and make sport of me.” But his armor-bearer was unwilling, for he was terrified. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
1 Chronicles 10:5 - New Revised Standard Version When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his 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 armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, so that these uncircumcised may not come and make sport of me.” But his armor-bearer was unwilling, for he was terrified. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
Thus Saul died; he and his three sons and all his house died together.
Immediately he called to the young man who carried his armor and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, so people will not say about me, ‘A woman killed him.’ ” So the young man thrust him through, and he died.
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him.