![]() ![]() 1 Samuel 31:4 “Saul said to his armor-bearer, “ Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and run me through and abuse me.” But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.“ģ. Judges 9:54 “Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, “ Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can’t say, ‘A woman killed him.'” So his servant ran him through, and he died.”Ģ. God desired that man and his family to be saved and baptized. But God didn’t want the jailer to kill himself. The jailer in Philippi thought his prisoners had escaped. (Matthew 27)Īnd a failed suicide: one man in the Bible tried to kill himself but Paul stopped him. Judas betrayed Jesus, but when Jesus was condemned to die, Judas felt great remorse and hanged himself. When Zimri saw the city was taken, he burned down the palace with himself inside. When Israel’s army heard that Zimri had assassinated the king, they made the army’s commander – Omri – their king and attacked the capital city. Zimri ruled over Israel only seven days after killing the king and most of the royal family, even the children. So, Ahithophel went home, set his affairs in order, and hanged himself. But then Hushai, David’s friend, pretended to abandon David to become Absalom’s advisor, and Absalom followed his advice (which was actually to David’s advantage) rather than Ahithophel’s. Absalom did everything Ahithophel told him as if it came from God’s mouth. ![]() (1 Samuel 31)Īhithophel was King David’s advisor, but after David’s son Absalom rebelled, Ahithophel switched sides to become Absalom’s advisor. Saul’s armor bearer: When Saul’s armor-bearer saw Saul kill himself, he fell on his own sword and died. His armor bearer was too afraid to kill him, so Saul fell on his own sword and died. He asked his armor-bearer to kill him with his sword before the Philistines found him, knowing they would torture and then kill him. Saul: King Saul was fighting a battle and was “gravely wounded” by the Philistine archers. He pushed down the two center pillars of the temple, and it collapsed, killing the Philistines and Sampson. Samson asked God to strengthen him just one more time so he could kill the Philistines. About 3000 people were on the roof of the temple. When the Philistines were feasting in the temple of their god Dagon, they brought Samson out to torment him. So, she shaved his head, and the Philistines took him prisoner and gouged out his eyes. She discovered that he would lose his strength if his hair were shaved. The Philistines bribed his lover Delilah to betray Samson. Samson did fight the Philistines, but he had an eye for pretty women. Samson: God gave Samson supernatural strength to conquer the Philistines who were oppressing the Israelites. He told his armor-bearer to kill him, and the young man ran him through with his sword. Abimelech was dying but didn’t want it to be said that a woman killed him. Abimelech was about to burn the tower with the people inside when a woman dropped a millstone from the tower and crushed Abimelech’s skull. He then attacked the town of Thebez, but the citizens hid in a tower. When the people of Shechem rebelled, Abimelech killed all the people and leveled the city. After Gideon died, Abimelech killed his brothers and made himself king. He had seventy brothers! (Gideon had a lot of wives). ![]() They were all ungodly men or men who had strayed away from God.Ībimelech: This Abimelech was Gideon’s son. The Bible records seven people who died of suicide or assisted suicide. ![]()
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