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1 Samuel 31:6

Saul
Death and loss

4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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

So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.

7 When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.

8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

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BSB
So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.
KJV
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
WEB
So Saul died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men that same day together.
ASV
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
DARBY
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
BLB
And Saul died, and his three sons, and the bearer of his armor, and all his men, that day together.
ÅB
Slik døde Saul og hans tre sønner og hans våpenbærer og alle hans menn på en og samme dag.
OTB
Så Saul døde med sine tre sønner, våpenbæreren sin, og alle hans menn den dagen sammen.
B1930
Således døde Saul og hans tre sønner og hans våbensvenn og alle hans menn på en og samme dag.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 4:10–11

    So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.

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  • 1 Samuel 28:19

    Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”

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  • Hosea 13:10–11

    Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?

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  • 1 Samuel 11:15

    So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:1–2

    So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.

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  • 1 Chronicles 10:6

    So Saul died together with his three sons and all his house.

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  • 1 Samuel 12:25

    But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

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  • 1 Samuel 12:17

    Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”

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