1 Samuel 31:5
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And when his armourbearer saw this, to wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him.

1 Chronicles 10:5 And when his armourbearer saw it, to wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died.

Context
Saul's Overthrow and Death
4Then Saul said to his armourbearer: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest these uncircumcised come, and slay me, and mock at me. And his armourbearer would not: for he was struck with exceeding great fear. Then Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. 5And when his armourbearer saw this, to wit, that Saul was dead, he also 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.…
Cross References
Judges 9:54
And he called hastily to his armourbearer, and said to him: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest it should be said that I was slain by a woman. He did as he was commanded, and slew him.

1 Samuel 31:4
Then Saul said to his armourbearer: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest these uncircumcised come, and slay me, and mock at me. And his armourbearer would not: for he was struck with exceeding great fear. Then Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

1 Samuel 31:6
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men that same day together.

1 Kings 16:18
And Zambri, seeing that the city was about to be taken, went into the palace, and burnt himself with the king's house: and he died

Lexicon
When his armor-bearer
נֹשֵֽׂא־ (nō·śê-)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

saw
וַיַּ֥רְא (way·yar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

that
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

Saul
שָׁא֑וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

was dead,
מֵ֣ת (mêṯ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

he
ה֛וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

too
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

fell
וַיִּפֹּ֥ל (way·yip·pōl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

his own sword
חַרְבּ֖וֹ (ḥar·bōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

and died
וַיָּ֥מָת (way·yā·māṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

with him.
עִמּֽוֹ׃ (‘im·mōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with


Additional Translations
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.And when his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.

And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.

And his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, and he fell also himself upon his sword, and died with him.

And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.

And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.

And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died with him.

And the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul is dead, and he falleth -- he also -- on his sword, and dieth with him;
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