1 Chronicles 10:4

4 And Saul said to his squire, Draw out thy sword, and slay me, lest these uncircumcised men come, and scorn me. But his squire was afeared by dread, and would not do this; therefore Saul took a sword, and felled upon it.

1 Chronicles 10:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 31:4

(See Gill on 1 Samuel 31:4)

1 Chronicles 10:4 In-Context

2 And when the Philistines had nighed pursuing Saul and his sons, they killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3 And the battle was aggrieved against Saul; and men archers found him, and wounded him with darts. (And the battle was grievous against Saul; and the archers found him, and mortally wounded him with arrows.)
4 And Saul said to his squire, Draw out thy sword, and slay me, lest these uncircumcised men come, and scorn me. But his squire was afeared by dread, and would not do this; therefore Saul took a sword, and felled upon it.
5 And when his squire had seen this, that is, that Saul was dead, he felled also on his sword, and was dead.
6 Therefore Saul perished (And so Saul died), and his three sons, and all his house felled down together.
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