Verse 5
1 Chronicles 10:5
New Living Translation
5
When his armor bearer realized that Saul was dead, he fell on his own sword and died.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֥רְא נֹשֵֽׂא כֵלָ֖י/ו כִּ֣י מֵ֣ת שָׁא֑וּל וַ/יִּפֹּ֥ל גַּם ה֛וּא עַל הַ/חֶ֖רֶב וַ/יָּמֹֽת
English Translation
And the bearer of the vessels saw that Saul was dead, and he also fell on the sword and died.
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Chapter 10 Context
1
Now the Philistines attacked Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them. Many were slaughtered o...
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2
The Philistines closed in on Saul and his sons, and they killed three of his sons — Jonathan, Abinad...
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3
The fighting grew very fierce around Saul, and the Philistine archers caught up with him and wounded...
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4
Saul groaned to his armor bearer, “Take your sword and kill me before these pagan Philistines come t...
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5
When his armor bearer realized that Saul was dead, he fell on his own sword and died.
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So Saul and his three sons died there together, bringing his dynasty to an end.
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7
When all the Israelites in the Jezreel Valley saw that their army had fled and that Saul and his son...
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8
The next day, when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found the bodies of Saul and his...
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9
So they stripped off Saul’s armor and cut off his head. Then they proclaimed the good news of Saul’s...
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10
They placed his armor in the temple of their gods, and they fastened his head to the temple of Dagon...
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11
But when everyone in Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
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12
all their mighty warriors brought the bodies of Saul and his sons back to Jabesh. Then they buried t...
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13
So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD. He failed to obey the LORD’s command, and he eve...
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14
instead of asking the LORD for guidance. So the LORD killed him and turned the kingdom over to David...
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