John Gill Commentary 1 Samuel 31:5

"And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him." — 1 Samuel 31:5 (ASV)

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, and died with him ;
some think that Saul, and his armourbearer, died by the same sword, which was the armourbearer's; and if he was Doeg, they fell probably by the same sword with which the priests of the Lord were murdered at Nob, (1 Samuel 22:18) ; and it is observed by an historian ^F4 , that the murderers of Julius Caesar slew themselves with the same dagger they destroyed him.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F4: Sucton. Vit. Caesar. c. 89.