1 Samuel 31:4

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Events

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• Death of Saul

Related verses

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• 2 Samuel 1:9–10
  Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
• 2 Samuel 1:6
  “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.
• Judges 9:54
  He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
• 2 Samuel 1:20
  Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
• 2 Samuel 17:23
  When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
• 1 Samuel 17:36
  Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
• 2 Samuel 1:14
  So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
• 1 Samuel 14:6
  Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”
• 1 Kings 16:27
  As for the rest of the acts of Omri, along with his accomplishments and the might he exercised, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
• 1 Chronicles 10:4
  Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
• Judges 14:3
  But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”
• 1 Samuel 17:26
  David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

Parallels

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2 Samuel 1:1–16· 1 Chronicles 10:1–6

People

Saul: First king of Israel, anointed by Samuel

Glossary

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Armageddon· Circumcision· David· History of Israel· Jerusalem· Mephibosheth· Mount Gilboa· Philistia, Philistines· Samuel, Books of First and Second· Saul· Shunem· Suicide

Topics

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Armies: March in Ranks: Soldiers Destroy Each Other to Escape Captivity· Gilboa: A Hill South of Jezreel, where Saul Was Defeated by the Philistines, and Died· Jezreel: A Valley: Place of the Defeat of the Israelites Under Saul and Jonathan· Suicide: Saul and his Armor-Bearer· The Philistines: Israel Defeated By, and Saul Slain· The Sword was Used: Sometimes for Self-Destruction