^{4 Ref} Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, falling on it himself.

⁵ And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and came to his death.

^{6 Ref} So death overtook Saul and his three sons; all his family came to an end together.