Did King Saul kill himself or did the Amalkite kill Saul at his request? [Spirituality & Religion]

1 Samuel 31:4 VS 2 Smauel 1:10

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exexec · 61-69, C

One possibility is that he tried to kill himself by falling on his weapon, but he did not die. So he asked the Amalekite to finish him off.

Pikachu ·

@exexec

This seems not to be the case:

[quote]But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

5When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.

6So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.[/quote]

exexec · 61-69, C

@Pikachu As I wrote, my explanation is one possibility. Both accounts cannot be correct. One has to be wrong, and I am fine with that. Just one among many contradictions within the bible.

Pikachu ·

@exexec

Agreed. One of them must be wrong.

SW-User

The Amalekite lied. He found the King's crown and he thought he would used it to claim that he was the one who killed Saul and this would bring him glory.

Pikachu ·

@SW-User

Yeah i can accept that interpretation.