King James Version
1 Chronicles 10:5 in the King James Version says “And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.” — study this verse from 1 Chronicles chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.”
1 Chronicles 10:5 · KJV
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. and the archers: Heb. and the shooters with bows hit: Heb. found
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. abuse me: or, mock me
And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“saw”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“And when his armourbearer”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
something prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“he fell”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“likewise on the sword”
H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
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