⁹ “Then he said to me, ‘Stand here by me and kill me!^(A) I’m in the throes of death, but I’m still alive.’

⁴ Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through,^(A) or these uncircumcised^(B) fellows will come and run me through and abuse me.”

But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

⁵ When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died with him.