1 Chronicles 10:5 When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died.

English Standard Version
And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died.

New American Standard Bible
When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword and died.

King James Bible
And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died.

International Standard Version
When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when his armourbearer saw it, to wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died.

Darby Bible Translation
And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.

Young's Literal Translation
and the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul is dead, and falleth, he also, on the sword, and dieth;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

10:1-14 The death of Saul. - The design chiefly in view in these books of the Chronicles, appears to be to preserve the records of the house of David. Therefore the writer repeats not the history of Saul's reign, but only of his death, by which a way was made for David to the throne. And from the ruin of Saul, we may learn, 1. That the sin of sinners will certainly find them out, sooner or later; Saul died for his transgression. 2. That no man's greatness can exempt him from the judgments of God. 3. Disobedience is a killing thing. Saul died for not keeping the word of the Lord. May be delivered from unbelief, impatience, and despair. By waiting on the Lord we shall obtain a kingdom that cannot be moved.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

4. his armour-bearer would not; for he was sore afraid—He was, of course, placed in the same perilous condition as Saul. But it is probable that the feelings that restrained him from complying with Saul's wish were a profound respect for royalty, mingled with apprehension of the shock which such a catastrophe would give to the national feelings and interests.