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Then he called quickly to the young man, his armorbearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest men say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’ ” So his young man thrust him through, and he died.
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Jonathan Defeats the Philistines
Now it happened one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.
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Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will work for us. For nothing restrains the Lord from saving by many or by few.”
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So his armorbearer said to him, “Do all that is in your heart. Go then; here I am with you, according to your heart.”
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Then the men of the garrison called to Jonathan and his armorbearer, and said, “Come up to us, and we will show you something.” Jonathan said to his armorbearer, “Come up after me, for the Lord has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
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And Jonathan climbed up on his hands and knees with his armorbearer after him; and they fell before Jonathan. And as he came after him, his armorbearer killed them.
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That first slaughter which Jonathan and his armorbearer made was about twenty men within about half an acre of land.
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Then Saul said to the people who were with him, “Now call the roll and see who has gone from us.” And when they had called the roll, surprisingly, Jonathan and his armorbearer were not there.
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So David came to Saul and stood before him. And he loved him greatly, and he became his armorbearer.
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And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.
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So Saul clothed David with his armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail.
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David fastened his sword to his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, “I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them.” So David took them off.
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And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.
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And Jonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, even to his sword and his bow and his belt.
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Then Saul said to his armorbearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised men come and thrust me through and abuse me.” But his armorbearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and fell on it.
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And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword, and died with him.
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So Saul, his three sons, his armorbearer, and all his men died together that same day.
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And they cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and sent word throughout the land of the Philistines, to proclaim it in the temple of their idols and among the people.
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Then they put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
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And Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay hold on one of the young men and take his armor for yourself.” But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
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And ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, and struck and killed him.
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When they were at the large stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. Now Joab was dressed in battle armor; on it was a belt with a sword fastened in its sheath at his hips; and as he was going forward, it fell out.
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Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite (armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah),
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Each man brought his present: articles of silver and gold, garments, armor, spices, horses, and mules, at a set rate year by year.
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So the king of Israel answered and said, “Tell him, ‘Let not the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.’ ”
