1-Samuel - 31:5



5 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died with him.

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And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.
And when his armourbearer saw this, to wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him.
And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.
And the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul is dead, and he falleth, he also, on his sword, and dieth with him;
And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and was united with him in death.
And when his armor bearer had seen this, namely, that Saul had died, he too fell upon his sword, and he died with him.

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And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead,.... By his own hands, and not by the hands of the Amalekite, which the armour bearer would scarcely have suffered:
he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him; some think that Saul, and his armourbearer, died by the same sword, which was the armourbearer's; and if he was Doeg, they fell probably by the same sword with which the priests of the Lord were murdered at Nob, 1-Samuel 22:18; and it is observed by an historian (d), that the murderers of Julius Caesar slew themselves with the same dagger they destroyed him.
(d) Sucton. Vit. Caesar. c. 89.

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