1 Samuel 31:4-6

4 Entonces dijo Saúl a su escudero: Saca tu espada, y pásame con ella, para que no vengan estos incircuncisos, y me pasen, y me escarnezcan. Mas su escudero no quería, porque tenía gran temor. Entonces tomó Saúl su espada, y se echó sobre ella.

5 Y viendo su escudero a Saúl muerto, él también se echó sobre su espada, y murió con él.

6 Así murió Saúl y sus tres hijos, y su escudero, y todos sus varones juntamente en aquel día.

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.