1 Chronicles 10:5

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

1 Chronicles 10:5 in Other Translations

5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.

5 And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died.

5 When his armor bearer realized that Saul was dead, he fell on his own sword and died.

5 The armor bearer, panicked because Saul was dead, then killed himself.

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

1 Chronicles 10:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 31:5

(See Gill on 1 Samuel 31:5)

1 Chronicles 10:5 In-Context

3 The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded him.

4 Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and abuse me.” But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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

6 So Saul and his three sons died, and all his house died together.

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 towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.