1 Samuel 31:5
And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead,.... By his own hands, and not by the hands of the Amalekite, which the armour bearer would scarcely have suffered:
he fell likewise upon his sword,…
The day of recompence has now come, in which Saul must account for the blood of the Amalekites which he had sinfully spared, and that of the priests which he had more sinfully spilt; that of David…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
and died with him Being answerable for the king's life he feared punishment: or from a nobler motive of true fidelity, refused to survive his master.