³ The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded^(A) him critically.

⁴ Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through,^(B) or these uncircumcised^(C) 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. ⁵ When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died with him.