1 Chronicles 10:4
“Then saide Saul to his armour bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these vncircumcised come, and abuse mee: but his armour bearer would not, for he was sore afraid. So Saul tooke a sword, and fell vpon it.”
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1 Chronicles 10:4 Context
2And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sonnes, and the Philistines slew Ionathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sonnes of Saul. 3And the battell went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. 4Then saide Saul to his armour bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these vncircumcised come, and abuse mee: but his armour bearer would not, for he was sore afraid. So Saul tooke a sword, and fell vpon it. 5And when his armour bearer saw that Saul was dead, hee fell likewise on the sword, and died. 6So Saul died, and his three sonnes, and all his house died together.
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Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
- King James Version
Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it."
- New American Standard Version (1995)