Verse 4
1 Chronicles 10:4
New Living Translation
4
Saul groaned to his armor bearer, “Take your sword and kill me before these pagan Philistines come to taunt and torture me.” But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁאוּל֩ אֶל נֹשֵׂ֨א כֵלָ֜י/ו שְׁלֹ֥ף חַרְבְּ/ךָ֣ וְ/דָקְרֵ֣/נִי בָ֗/הּ פֶּן יָבֹ֜אוּ הָ/עֲרֵלִ֤ים הָ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙ וְ/הִתְעַלְּלוּ בִ֔/י וְ/לֹ֤א אָבָה֙ נֹשֵׂ֣א כֵלָ֔י/ו כִּ֥י יָרֵ֖א מְאֹ֑ד וַ/יִּקַּ֤ח שָׁאוּל֙ אֶת הַ/חֶ֔רֶב וַ/יִּפֹּ֖ל עָלֶֽי/הָ
English Translation
And Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me." But his armor-bearer was very afraid, and Saul took his sword and fell upon it.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 10 Context
1
Now the Philistines attacked Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them. Many were slaughtered o...
Focus ↗
2
The Philistines closed in on Saul and his sons, and they killed three of his sons — Jonathan, Abinad...
Focus ↗
3
The fighting grew very fierce around Saul, and the Philistine archers caught up with him and wounded...
Focus ↗
4
Saul groaned to his armor bearer, “Take your sword and kill me before these pagan Philistines come t...
5
When his armor bearer realized that Saul was dead, he fell on his own sword and died.
Focus ↗
6
So Saul and his three sons died there together, bringing his dynasty to an end.
Focus ↗
7
When all the Israelites in the Jezreel Valley saw that their army had fled and that Saul and his son...
Focus ↗
8
The next day, when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found the bodies of Saul and his...
Focus ↗
9
So they stripped off Saul’s armor and cut off his head. Then they proclaimed the good news of Saul’s...
Focus ↗
10
They placed his armor in the temple of their gods, and they fastened his head to the temple of Dagon...
Focus ↗
11
But when everyone in Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
Focus ↗
12
all their mighty warriors brought the bodies of Saul and his sons back to Jabesh. Then they buried t...
Focus ↗
13
So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD. He failed to obey the LORD’s command, and he eve...
Focus ↗
14
instead of asking the LORD for guidance. So the LORD killed him and turned the kingdom over to David...
Focus ↗