1 Samuel 31:4-6

4 Saúl le dijo a su escudero: «Saca la espada y mátame, no sea que lo hagan esos incircuncisos cuando lleguen, y se diviertan a costa mía».Pero el escudero estaba tan asustado que no quiso hacerlo, de modo que Saúl mismo tomó su espada y se dejó caer sobre ella.

5 Cuando el escudero vio que Saúl caía muerto, también él se arrojó sobre su propia espada y murió con él.

6 Así, en un mismo día murieron Saúl, sus tres hijos, su escudero y todos sus hombres.

1 Samuel 31:4-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 31

This chapter gives an account of the battle between the Philistines and the Israelites, which had been preparing for, and the issue of it; in which Saul, his three sons, and his servants, were slain, upon which his army fled, and several of his cities were taken, 1Sa 31:1-7; what the Philistines did with his body and his armour, 1Sa 31:8-10; the former of which, together with the bodies of his sons, the men of Jabeshgilead rescued, and burnt them, and buried their bones under a tree at Jabesh, expressing great sorrow and concern, 1Sa 31:11-13.