King James Version
1 Samuel 31:6 in the King James Version says “So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer , and all his men, that same day together.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer , and all his men, that same day together.”
1 Samuel 31:6 · KJV
Then said Saul unto his armourbearer , Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. abuse: or, mock me
And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer , and all his men, that same day together.
And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“and 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)
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“that same day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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
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