1 Samuel 31:4-6

4 Then Saul said to {his armor bearer}, "Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, so that these uncircumcised do not come and thrust me through and make a fool of me!" But {his armor bearer} [was] not willing [to do so] because he [was] very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

5 And when {his armor bearer} saw that Saul [was] dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him.

6 So Saul died, and his three sons, {his armor bearer}, [and] all his men together that [same] day.

1 Samuel 31:4-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 31

This chapter gives an account of the battle between the Philistines and the Israelites, which had been preparing for, and the issue of it; in which Saul, his three sons, and his servants, were slain, upon which his army fled, and several of his cities were taken, 1Sa 31:1-7; what the Philistines did with his body and his armour, 1Sa 31:8-10; the former of which, together with the bodies of his sons, the men of Jabeshgilead rescued, and burnt them, and buried their bones under a tree at Jabesh, expressing great sorrow and concern, 1Sa 31:11-13.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "the carrier of his weapons"
• [b]. Literally "the carrier of his weapons"
• [c]. Literally "the carrier of his weapons"
• [d]. Literally "the carrier of his weapons"