18 And it happened, when Zimri saw that the city was [a]taken, that he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house [b]down upon himself with fire, and died,

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  1. 1 Kings 16:18 captured
  2. 1 Kings 16:18 Lit. over him

23 Now when Ahithophel saw that his advice was not followed, he saddled a donkey, and arose and went home to (A)his house, to his city. Then he [a]put his (B)household in order, and (C)hanged himself, and died; and he was buried in his father’s tomb.

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  1. 2 Samuel 17:23 Lit. gave charge concerning his house

(A)Then Saul said to his armorbearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest (B)these uncircumcised men come and thrust me through and [a]abuse me.”

But his armorbearer would not, (C)for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and (D)fell on it. And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword, and died with him.

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  1. 1 Samuel 31:4 torture

Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and (A)departed, and went and hanged himself.

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Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? [a]Curse God and die!”

10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. (A)Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” (B)In all this Job did not (C)sin with his lips.

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  1. Job 2:9 Lit. Bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5

54 Then (A)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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