So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
- BSB So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.
- NKJV So Saul, his three sons, his armorbearer, and all his men died together that same day.
- NASB So Saul died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men on that day together.
- NLT So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and his troops all died together that same day.
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Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and his men all die that same day. The judgment on Saul's house is complete.
Overview
The summary statement gathers the full extent of the loss: the king, his heirs, and his household perish together. This fulfills the LORD's word through Samuel that the kingdom would be taken from Saul and given to a neighbor better than he. The fall of Saul clears the way for the LORD's chosen king, David, demonstrating that God's purposes cannot be thwarted by human rebellion.
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Cross-references · 8
- 1 Chr 10:6So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
- 1 Sam 4:10–11And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
- 1 Sam 28:19Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
- Hos 13:10–11I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
- 1 Sam 12:25But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
- 1 Sam 12:17Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
- 1 Sam 11:15And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
- Eccl 9:1–2For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
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The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.
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