Did King Saul commit suicide?

Answer:

In1 Samual 31:4 you can read the passage of where King Saul took his sword and fell on it. Then the next passage tells of where his armorbearer saw that King Saul was dead. Then in Samuel 1:9 Amalekite saw that his(King Saul) life was still in him. King Saul asked the Amalekite to kill him.

Then in chapter 2 verse 16 David had the Amalekite killed for killing the Lord's anointed.

I would think that King Saul attempted suicide and his armorbearer thought he was dead, yet he was not and when King Saul regained his conscience that the Amalekite just happend by that King Saul asked the Amalekite to kill him.

I dont think King Saul commited suicide, I think he was killed according to the words of David spoke saying to the Amalekite in verse 16 of chapter 1 in 2nd Samuel

Further Comment

From the above accounts it can be seen that Saul's intention was to commit suicide but was unsuccessful. He apparently did not want the Philistines to torture him and so wished to die quickly, hence his request to be dispatched.

Further Comment

It depends on your interpretation of the verse. It says that he "fell on his sword" Which could mean that he was pushed and fell onto his sword, he jumped and landed on his sword on purpose or by accident, or he fell and landed on his sword. Something that would make people say that he committed suicide is that in an earlier verse he asked his arms-bearer to kill him, so he probably committed suicide.

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