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New King James Version

1 Samuel 31:6

So Saul, his three sons, his armorbearer, and all his men died together that same day.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Armor-Bearer;   Gilboa;   Jezreel;   Jonathan;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Anger of God, the;   Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Philistines;   Saul;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Philistia, philistines;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Death, Mortality;   Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Armour-Bearer;   Gilboa;   Jezreel, Valley of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - David;   Samuel, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Achish;   Esdraelon;   Jonathan;   Lo-Debar;   Philistines, the;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Esdraelon;   Samuel, Books of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Armageddon;   Gilboa;   Jezreel (2);   Saul;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Philis'tines;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Achish;   Chronicles, Books of;   Esdraelon, Plain of;   Jabesh-Gilead;   Samuel, Books of;   Saul;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Jonathan, Jehonathan;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So on that day, Saul died together with his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men.
Hebrew Names Version
So Sha'ul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
King James Version
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
Lexham English Bible
So Saul died, and his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men together that same day.
English Standard Version
Thus Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.
New Century Version
So Saul, his three sons, and the officer who carried his armor died together that day.
New English Translation
So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men died together that day.
Amplified Bible
So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men died together on that day.
New American Standard Bible
So Saul died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men on that day together.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Saul dyed, and his three sonnes, and his armour bearer, and all his men that same day together.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus Saul died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men on that day together.
Contemporary English Version
Saul was dead, his three sons were dead, and the soldier who carried his weapons was dead. They and all his soldiers died on that same day.
Complete Jewish Bible
Thus Sha'ul, his three sons, his armor-bearer and all his men died that same day together.
Darby Translation
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Saul, his three sons, and the boy who carried his armor all died together that day.
George Lamsa Translation
So Saul died, and his three sons and his armorbearer and also all his servants, that same day together.
Good News Translation
And that is how Saul, his three sons, and the young man died; all of Saul's men died that day.
Literal Translation
And Saul and three of his sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men died together on that day.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus dyed Saul and his thre sonnes, & his wapenbearer, and all his men together the same daye.
American Standard Version
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
Bible in Basic English
So death overtook Saul and his three sons and his servant on the same day.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so Saul dyed, & his three sonnes, and his harnesse bearer, and al his men that same day together.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
King James Version (1611)
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour bearer, and all his men that same day together.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, in that day together.
English Revised Version
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
Berean Standard Bible
So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Saul was deed, and hise thre sones, and his squyer, and alle his men in that dai togidere.
Young's Literal Translation
and Saul dieth, and three of his sons, and the bearer of his weapons, also all his men, on that day together.
Update Bible Version
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, and all his men too, that same day together.
Webster's Bible Translation
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
World English Bible
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
New Living Translation
So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and his troops all died together that same day.
New Life Bible
So Saul, his three sons, the one who carried his battle-clothes, and all his men, died that day together.
New Revised Standard
So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer and all his men died together on the same day.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus died Saul, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, yea all his men, on that day, together.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men that same day together.
Revised Standard Version
Thus Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.
THE MESSAGE
Saul and Jonathan, Dead on the Mountain The Philistines made war on Israel. The men of Israel were in full retreat from the Philistines, falling left and right, wounded on Mount Gilboa. The Philistines caught up with Saul and his sons. They killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua, Saul's sons. The battle was hot and heavy around Saul. The archers got his range and wounded him badly. Saul said to his weapon bearer, "Draw your sword and put me out of my misery, lest these pagan pigs come and make a game out of killing me." But his weapon bearer wouldn't do it. He was terrified. So Saul took the sword himself and fell on it. When the weapon bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died with him. So Saul, his three sons, and his weapon bearer—the men closest to him—died together that day.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus Saul died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men on that day together.

Contextual Overview

1 1 Chronicles 10:1-14">[xr] Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. 2 Then the Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons. 3 The battle became fierce against Saul. The archers hit him, and he was severely wounded by the archers. 4 Then Saul said to his armorbearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised men come and thrust me through and abuse me." But his armorbearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and fell on it. 5 And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword, and died with him. 6 So Saul, his three sons, his armorbearer, and all his men died together that same day. 7 And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were on the other side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Samuel 4:10, 1 Samuel 4:11, 1 Samuel 11:15, 1 Samuel 12:17, 1 Samuel 12:25, 1 Samuel 28:19, 1 Chronicles 10:6, Ecclesiastes 9:1, Ecclesiastes 9:2, Hosea 13:10, Hosea 13:11

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 26:10 - he shall descend 2 Samuel 7:9 - cut off Acts 13:22 - when

Cross-References

Genesis 30:29
So Jacob said to him, "You know how I have served you and how your livestock has been with me.
Genesis 31:5
and said to them, "I see your father's countenance, that it is not favorable toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
Genesis 31:8
If he said thus: "The speckled shall be your wages,' then all the flocks bore speckled. And if he said thus: "The streaked shall be your wages,' then all the flocks bore streaked.
Genesis 31:9
So God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.
Genesis 31:10
"And it happened, at the time when the flocks conceived, that I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the flocks were streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted.
Genesis 31:22
And Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.
Genesis 31:25
So Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountains, and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mountains of Gilead.
Genesis 31:38
These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried their young, and I have not eaten the rams of your flock.
Genesis 31:42
Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."
1 Peter 2:18
Isaiah 53:7-9">[xr] Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer,.... Only with this difference, his three sons died honourably in the field of battle, but he and his armourbearer destroyed themselves. Josephus says e he reigned eighteen years in the life of Samuel, and after his death twenty two years, which make the forty years the apostle ascribes to him, Acts 13:21; Eupolemus f, an Heathen writer, makes him to reign twenty one years; but of the years of his reign, both before and after the death of Samuel, chronologers are not agreed, see 1 Samuel 25:1; and

1 Samuel 25:1- :;

and all his men that same day together; not all the soldiers in his army; for many of them fled and escaped, and even Abner the general of the army, but his household servants, or those that were near his person, his bodyguards.

e Antiqu. l. 6. c. 14. sect. 9. f Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 3. p. 447.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All his men - This and similar expressions must not be taken too literally (compare 1 Chronicles 10:6). We know that Abner, and Ish-bosheth, and manymore survived the day of Gilboa.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 31:6. And all his men — Probably meaning those of his troops which were his life or body guards: as to the bulk of the army, it fled at the commencement of the battle, 1 Samuel 31:1.


 
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