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1 Chronicles 10:4

in 1 Chronicles 10

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, 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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then said Saul unto his armor-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

KJV

Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 10

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Draw your sword and run it through me

on 1 Chronicles 10:4-5

Saul falls on his own sword rather than risk capture, and his armourbearer follows him rather than obey the order to finish the act. The scene matches 1 Samuel 31:4-5 nearly word for word. Chronicles keeps the moment only to reach the verdict two verses later.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

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.

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The words behind it

28 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • שָׁאוּל֩Saul

    shaulH7586 →402 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • נֹשֵׂ֨א[the] bearer of

    nose'H5375 →656 times

  • כֵלָ֜יוweapons his

    khelavH3627 →325 times

  • שְׁלֹ֥ףdraw out

    shelofH8025 →25 times

  • חַרְבְּךָ֣׀sword your

    charbekhaH2719 →413 times

  • וְדָקְרֵ֣נִיand pierce through me

    vedakereniH1856 →

  • בָ֗הּwith it

    vah

  • פֶּן־lest

    pen-H6435 →

  • יָבֹ֜אוּthey should come

    yavouH935 →2568 times

  • הָעֲרֵלִ֤יםthe uncircumcised [men]

    haarelimH6189 →

  • הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙<the> these

    haelehH428 →746 times

  • וְהִתְעַלְּלוּ־and they will deal wantonly

    vehitalelu-H5953 →

  • בִ֔יwith me

    vi

  • וְלֹ֤אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • אָבָה֙he was willing

    ʾavahH14 →54 times

  • נֹשֵׂ֣א[the] bearer of

    nose'H5375 →656 times

  • כֵלָ֔יוweapons his

    khelavH3627 →325 times

  • כִּ֥יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • יָרֵ֖אhe was afraid

    yare'H3372 →315 times

  • מְאֹ֑ד סexceedingly

    meodH3966 →300 times

  • וַיִּקַּ֤חand he took

    vaiyikachH3947 →966 times

  • שָׁאוּל֙Saul

    shaulH7586 →402 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַחֶ֔רֶבthe sword

    hacherevH2719 →413 times

  • וַיִּפֹּ֖לand he fell

    vaiyipolH5307 →435 times

  • עָלֶֽיהָ׃on it

    ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 31:4

    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused…

    it leads to

    • 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.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 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…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 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.

  • Through

    Acts 1:18

    (Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 27:3–10

      When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

    • Psalms 55:23

      But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

    • Psalms 55:15

      Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Micah 1:10

      Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.