1 Chronicles 10:5

5 And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the 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 And the battle went sorely against Saul; and the archers hit him, and he was wounded by the archers.

4 Then said Saul to his armorbearer, "Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me." But his armorbearer would not, for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword and fell upon it.

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

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

7 And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.