1 Samuel 31:2-6 ▼

2 The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons. The Philistines struck down Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons.

3 The heaviest fighting was directed toward Saul, and when the bowmen who were shooting located Saul, he was severely wounded by them.

4 Saul told his armor bearer, |Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised people will come and run me through and make sport of me.| But his armor bearer did not want to do it because he was very frightened, so Saul took the sword and fell on it.

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

6 As a result, Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men died together that day.