10:4a Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me,

Saul told the man who carried his weapons, “Draw your sword and pierce me with it.
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⌊Saul saw that he was defeated.⌋ He told the man who was carrying his weapons, to take out his sword and kill him with it.

10:4b or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!”

⌊I say this so that⌋ these heathen Philistines will not be cruel to me.”
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⌊He said that, so⌋ that the godless Philistines would not torture and make fun of him.

10:4c But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it.

But the man who carried the king’s weapons was terribly afraid and didn’t want to do it.
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⌊Hearing this,⌋ the man was very much afraid ⌊to kill the king⌋ and didn’t do it.
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But the soldier was afraid to kill him. (CEVUS06)

10:4d So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

So, Saul got his own sword and he fell on it. (Easy English Bible)
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So, Saul killed himself with his own sword.

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