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

3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers. 4Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him. 6So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. 7And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were beyond Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

1 Samuel 31:5 word by word

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

• sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• uponעַל‛al · uponH5921
• swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 31:5

• 1 Chronicles 10:5And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his 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
• Gilboa
• Hit
• Jezreel, Valley of
• Achish
• Army
• Chronicles, Books of
• Esdraelon, Plain of
• Jabesh-Gilead
• Samuel, Books of

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