1 Samuel 31:5

1 Samuel 31:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
• New International Version (NIV)When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died with him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword, and died with him.

Context of 1 Samuel 31:5

3The heaviest fighting was against Saul. When the archers got him in their range, he was badly wounded by them. 4Saul told his armorbearer, “Draw your sword! Stab me, or these godless men will come, stab me, and make fun of me.” But his armorbearer refused because he was terrified. So Saul took the sword and fell on it. When the armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him. 6So Saul, his three sons, his armorbearer, and all his men died together that day. 7When the people of Israel on the other side of the valley and across the Jordan River saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities. So the Philistines came to live in these cities.

1 Samuel 31:5 word by word

וַיַּ֥רְא נֹשֵֽׂא־כֵלָ֖יו כִּ֣י מֵ֣ת שָׁא֑וּל וַיִּפֹּ֥ל גַּם־ה֛וּא עַל־חַרְבּ֖וֹ וַיָּ֥מָת עִמּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when his armourbearerכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• And when his armourbearerנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearing(armour)H5375
• sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• that Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• was deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• he fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• likewise upon his swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 31:5

• 1 Chronicles 10:5When the armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on the sword and died.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 31:5

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-13While David was in the south successfully fighting the Amalekites (1 Samuel 30), Saul was in the north unsuccessfully fighting the Philistines.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-53-5. the battle went sore against Saul, &c.--He seems to have bravely maintained his ground for some time longer; but exhausted with fatigue and loss of blood, and dreading that if he fell alive into the enemy's hands, they would insolently maltreat him (Jos 8:29; 10:24; Jud 8:21), he requested his armor bearer to despatch him. However, that officer refused to do so. Saul then falling on the point of his sword killed himself; and the armor bearer, who…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 31:5

• Armies
• Gilboa
• Jezreel
• Suicide

In the dictionaries

• Saul
• Paul, Saul
• Gilboa
• Hit
• Jezreel, Valley of
• Achish
• Army
• Chronicles, Books of
• Esdraelon, Plain of
• Jabesh-Gilead

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings