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Toward the end of the battle on Mount Gilboa Saul's three sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua were killed and Saul himself was wounded. He asked his trustworthy personal armor-bearer to kill him before the Philistines came, but due to his respect for Saul as YHWH's anointed, the armor-bearer refused, so Saul committed suicide. [17]
Saul is said to have committed suicide when he fell on his sword during a battle with the Philistines at Mount Gilboa, in which three of his sons were also killed. Saul's son Ish-bosheth succeeded him to the throne, reigning for only two years before being murdered by his own military leaders.
The Suicide of Saul is an early attempt by Bruegel to reconcile landscape and figure painting. Despite the scale of the subject, at 33.5 cm × 55 cm (13.2 in × 22 in) it is rather small compared to his later landscape subjects, but has an "astonishingly dense and highly dramatic composition". [ 2 ]
The following day, the Israelite army is defeated as prophesied: Saul is wounded by the Philistines and commits suicide by falling on his sword. [8] Later, a young Amalekite hoping to impress David will falsely claim he delivered the death blow, and David will execute him. [ 9 ]
Jonathan is slain on Mount Gilboa along with his brothers Abinadab and Malchi-shua, and Saul commits suicide. [6] David learns of Saul and Jonathan's death and chants a lament, [5] which in part says: Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their life, And in their death they were not parted; They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger ...
Emily Matson. A cause of death has reportedly been unveiled for Pennsylvania news anchor Emily Matson, who tragically died in the early morning hours of Monday, Dec. 11.She was 42. Following the ...
Los Osos High School dancer and America's Got Talent contestant Emily Gold, 17, has died.. On Friday, Sept. 13, Gold was found dead by suicide at 11:52 pm, the San Bernardino Coroner's Office ...
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Death of Saul (detail), 1562. Another story in the Old Testament regarding suicide is of King Saul and his armor-bearer. After being fatally injured by some Philistines, King Saul asked his armor bearer to kill him. But when his armor-bearer refused, the King took the sword and fell on it.