^{4 Ref} and Saul saith unto the bearer of his weapons, `Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest these uncircumcised come -- and have abused me.' And the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he feareth exceedingly, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it;

⁵ and the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul `is' dead, and falleth, he also, on the sword, and dieth;

^{6 Ref} and Saul dieth, and his three sons, and all his house -- together they died.