He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, "Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, 'A woman killed him.'" So Abimelech's armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died. Cross References Judges 9:55 And when the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home. 1 Samuel 14:7 His armor-bearer replied, "Do all that is in your heart. Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul." 1 Samuel 14:12 So the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, "Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!" "Follow me," Jonathan told his armor-bearer, "for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel." 1 Samuel 14:13 So Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer behind him. And the Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and finished them off. 1 Samuel 14:14 In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men over half an acre of land. 1 Samuel 14:17 Saul said to the troops who were with him, "Call the roll and see who has left us." And when they had called the roll, they saw that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there. 1 Samuel 16:21 When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul admired him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer. 1 Samuel 31:4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!" But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it. 1 Samuel 31:5 When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him. 1 Samuel 31:6 So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day. 2 Samuel 1:10 So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord." 2 Samuel 23:37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah, 1 Chronicles 10:4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!" But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it. 1 Chronicles 10:5 When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died. 1 Chronicles 11:39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah, Treasury of Scripture Then he called hastily to the young man his armor bearer, and said to him, Draw your sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A women slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. draw thy 1 Samuel 31:4,5 and his young man. |