1 Samuel 31:2-4

New King James Version

²Then the Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed ^(A)Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul’s sons. ³^(B)The battle became fierce against Saul. The archers ^[a]hit him, and he was severely wounded by the archers.

⁴^(C)Then Saul said to his armorbearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest ^(D)these uncircumcised men come and thrust me through and ^[b]abuse me.”

But his armorbearer would not, ^(E)for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and ^(F)fell on it.

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 31:3 Lit. found him
1 Samuel 31:4 torture

1 Samuel 31:2-4

New International Version

²The Philistines were in hot pursuit of Saul and his sons,^(A) and they killed his sons Jonathan,^(B) Abinadab and Malki-Shua.^(C) ³The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded^(D) him critically.

⁴Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through,^(E) or these uncircumcised^(F) fellows will come and run me through and abuse me.”

But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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