1 Chronicles 10:3 Cross References - LEB

³ And the battle was heavy against Saul, and the _⌊archers_⌋* found him, and he was wounded by the _⌊archers_⌋.*

²³ _⌊The archers_⌋* fiercely attacked him. They shot arrows at him and were hostile to him. ²⁴ But his bow remained in a steady position; _⌊his arms_⌋* were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From there is the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.

³ _⌊Saul was in the thick of the battle_⌋,* and _⌊the archers_⌋* spotted* him, and he was badly wounded by the archers. ⁴ Then Saul said to _⌊his armor bearer_⌋,* "Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, so that these uncircumcised do not come and thrust me through and make a fool of me!" But _⌊his armor bearer_⌋* was not willing to do so because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it. ⁵ And when _⌊his armor bearer_⌋* saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him. ⁶ So Saul died, and his three sons, _⌊his armor bearer_⌋,* and all his men together that same day.

⁴ Then David said to him, "_⌊How did things go_⌋?* Please tell me." He answered, "_⌊When_⌋* the army fled from the battle, and many of the people fell; also, Saul and Jonathan his son died." ⁵ Then David asked the young man who was reporting to him, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan died?" ⁶ The young man who was reporting to him said, "I merely happened to be on Mount Gilboa. Here Saul was leaning on his spear, and look, the chariots and the horsemen were getting close to him. ⁷ When he turned around and saw me, he called to me, and I said, 'Here I am.' ⁸ Then he said to me, 'Who are you?' And I said to him, 'I am an Amalekite.' ⁹ He said to me, 'Please stand over me and kill me, for convulsions have seized me, even though my life is still in me.' ¹⁰ So I stood over him and killed him, for I knew that he could not live after his falling; I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm; and here, I have brought them to my lord.

¹⁴ Flight will perish from the swift and the strong person will not muster his strength and the warrior will not save his life.