1 Samuel 31:6

Modern

So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.

Traditional

So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

Literal

And Saul died, and his three sons, and the bearer of his armor, and all his men, that day together.

Latin

Mortuus est ergo Saul, et tres filii ejus, et armiger illius, et universi viri ejus in die illa pariter.

Hebrew

English

So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.

While David was in the south successfully fighting the Amalekites (1 Samuel 30), Saul was in the north unsuccessfully fighting the Philistines.

Theme notes and profiles

1 Samuel 28:19
Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”
1 Samuel 11:15
So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
1 Samuel 12:25
But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
1 Samuel 4:10–11
So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
1 Chronicles 10:6
So Saul died together with his three sons and all his house.
Ecclesiastes 9:1–2
So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
1 Samuel 12:17
Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
Hosea 13:10–11
Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?

Saul: First king of Israel, anointed by Samuel