Scripture · Old Testament
1 Chronicles 10:5
1 Chronicles 10:5 is verse 5 of 1 Chronicles chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.
King James Version
And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
World English Bible
When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword and died.
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1 Chronicles 10:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come 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.
6 So Saul died together with his three sons and all his house.
7 When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army 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.
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