1Sa 31:4, 2Sa 17:23, Est 7:9-10, Psa 7:14-15, 35:8, Isa 37:38, Mic 5:6 | ESV | STEP | Then Saul said to his armor-bearer , Draw your sword , and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through , and mistreat me. But his armor-bearer would not , for he feared greatly . Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it.

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1 Samuel 31:4

4 ^aThen Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these ^buncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me.” But his armor-bearer would not, ^cfor he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword ^dand fell upon it.

2 Samuel 17:23

23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to ^ehis own city. He ^fset his house in order and ^ghanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.

Esther 7:9-10

9 Then ^hHarbona, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, said, “Moreover, ⁱthe gallows ^{▼▼Or stake; also verse 10} that Haman has prepared for Mordecai, ^kwhose word saved the king, is standing at Haman’s house, fifty cubits ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} high.” 10 And the king said, “Hang him on that.” ^mSo they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. ⁿThen the wrath of the king abated.

Psalms 7:14-15

14 Behold, the wicked man ^oconceives evil
and is ^ppregnant with mischief
and gives birth to lies.
15 He makes ^qa pit, digging it out,
and falls into the hole that he has made.

Psalms 35:8

8 Let ^rdestruction come upon him ^swhen he does not know it!
And let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it—to his destruction!

Isaiah 37:38

38 And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword. And after they escaped into the land of ^tArarat, ^uEsarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

Micah 5:6

6 they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,
and the land of ^vNimrod at its entrances;
and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian
^wwhen he comes into our land
and treads within our border.