1 Samuel 31

Preview

Modern translations (external)

NIV, NKJV, and similar are copyrighted — we link to Bible Gateway instead of hosting them. Use the AI paraphrase above for a free modern reading.

Read this chapter in modern language

Our AI rewrites the passage in plain modern English while preserving the original meaning. Counts toward your daily message limit.

Sign in

1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.

2The Philistines followed hard on Saul and on his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

3The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.

4Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me!” But his armor bearer would not; for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.

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

+8 verses

Continue reading 1 Samuel 31

Sign in (it's free) to read the full chapter with verse search, dark mode, AI paraphrase and saved progress across devices.

World English Bible is in the public domain. Text bundled with PentecostalGPT.