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Saul (commanding his armor bearer): Draw your sword and kill me; otherwise these pagans will capture me and mutilate my body.

But the armor bearer was afraid to kill his king, so Saul committed suicide, falling on his own sword. When the armor bearer saw Saul’s body, he also committed suicide, falling on his own sword. It was at this battle that Saul, his three sons, and his household were annihilated.

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