4 Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and kill me with it! Otherwise, these uncircumcised men will come and kill me or torture me." But his armor-bearer refused because he was terrified. So Saul took the sword and impaled himself on it.
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1 Chronicles 10:4 In-Context
2 The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
3 The battle was fierce around Saul, and when the archers located him, he trembled in fear.
4 Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and kill me with it! Otherwise, these uncircumcised men will come and kill me or torture me." But his armor-bearer refused because he was terrified. So Saul took the sword and impaled himself on it.
5 When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also impaled himself on his sword and died with Saul.
6 So Saul and his three sons died; his whole household died together.