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1 Samuel 31:4

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, 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 31:4 BSB

1 Samuel 31:4 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Judges 9:54 (5 votes) and 2 Samuel 1:6 (5 votes). 39 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Judges 9 to 2 Corinthians 4.

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Which verses does 1 Samuel 31:4 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Judges 9:545 votes

    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.

  2. 2 Samuel 1:65 votes

    “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.

  3. 2 Samuel 1:9–105 votes

    Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’ 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.”

  4. 2 Samuel 1:204 votes

    Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

  5. 2 Samuel 17:234 votes

    When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

  6. Judges 14:33 votes

    But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”

  7. 1 Samuel 14:63 votes

    Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”

  8. 1 Samuel 17:263 votes

    David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

  9. 1 Samuel 17:363 votes

    Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

  10. 2 Samuel 1:143 votes

    So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

  11. 1 Kings 16:273 votes
  12. 1 Chronicles 10:43 votes
  13. Jeremiah 9:25–262 votes
  14. Ezekiel 44:7–92 votes

Which verses point to 1 Samuel 31:4?

The 10 strongest of 39.