Saul Bible Study

Death of King Saul

Christianity Oasis provides the Death of Saul Bible study on the Death of King Saul Bible event. We'll be looking into that and all aspects of the Bible seeking truth and understanding to bring forth hope.


Daily Bread Devotional Bible Study
The First Book of Samuel
Chapter 31
(Parallel Chapter - 1 Chronicles, Chapter 10)


King Saul Bible Study

The Death of King Saul Bible Tears

Welcome to our Christianity Oasis Daily Bread study program. This is our the Death of Saul Bible Study taking a look into the Death of King Saul purpose and how the heartbreaking Death of Saul Bible message affects your be-YOU-tiful Christian walk.

King Saul Bible Study Lesson
The Death of King Saul in the Bible Events

Greetings! It's so good to have you back, I could hardly wait to share another Daily Bread together. Aren't you so excited that today you're about to complete the study of The First Book of Samuel? I am! Now, what was happening when we left Daily Bread and went back to our boring daily lives.

The last thing that was happening in our story, was that the Amalekites had invaded Ziklag while David was out of town, because Achish recruited him to fight against Israel, since he was hiding from king Saul. Well, it turned out that David recovered everything that the Amalekites attempted to take.

Now remember, the Philistines were fighting against Israel, but the men of Israel ran for their lives and were killed in mount Gilboa. The Philistines followed closely after Saul and his sons, and killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Melchishua (Saul's sons). The fighting grew more intense against Saul and the Philistine archers struck Saul and wounded him severely.

Then Saul turned to his armourbearer and told him, "Take my sword and thrust it through me. If you don't, then the Philistines will end up hurting me worse and killing me in the end anyway."

King Saul Bible Study Teaching
The Death of King Saul in the Bible Message

But the armourbearer was too afraid and couldn't kill Saul even though he asked him to. So Saul took his own sword and fell upon it and ended his life. When the armourbearer saw what Saul had done, he fell upon his sword as well and died with him. So Saul, his 3 sons, and his armourbearer all died on the same day together.

Remember what Samuel predicted when Saul asked the witch of Endor to awaken him? Samuel said that Saul and his sons would be joining him on this day.

When the Israelites that were on the other side of the valley and on the other side of Jordan saw that the army had fled and Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities they lived in and ran away. Afterward, the Philistines then came in and overtook their towns.

The next day, when the Philistines went out to rob the dead, they found Saul and his sons, dead on mount Gilboa. They cut off Saul's head, took his armor, and went to proclaim the news in their temple of idols. They put his amour in the house of Ashtaroth (one of their gods), hung his head in the temple of Dagon (another of their gods), and fastened his body to the wall of the city of Beth-shan.

King Saul Bible Study Truth
The Death of King Saul in the Bible Explanation

When the people living in Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, all the brave men got together and traveled all night to steal the body of Saul and his sons from the wall of the city of Beth-shan, and took them to Jabesh and burned them there. Afterward, they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh and fasted seven days. And that ... Was how king Saul died with his sons, just as Samuel had told him.

1 Chronicles 10:13-14

13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
14 And enquired not of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

Saul was king of Israel for about 40 years! (Sometimes you have to seek different places in the Bible to find the facts! But then again, that's what you rely on Daily Bread for ... Right?)

Acts 13:21

And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

Death of King Saul Bible Study
Story of the Death of King Saul in the Bible

Can you believe that David hid from Saul for most of that time? Now it makes more sense why David was so distressed in the writing of some of his Psalms.

Forty years is a long time! It also lends to the argument that while we only have a few stories of David in hiding, these stories may have lasted years at a time, which is deceiving when we read about them one after another in chapter after chapter.

Nevertheless, now you know the real story, and you can imagine, David's life is about to be a little different than the fugitive life that he has been living for the past several decades.

King Saul Bible Study Conclusion
The Death of King Saul in the Bible Summary

Congratulations, you've just completed the study of The First Book of Samuel! But there's much more excitement and adventure ahead! In the Second Book of Samuel, we'll find out more about the life and times of king David, so hurry on back and we'll study and enjoy it together, right here at Daily Bread! Absolutely can't wait!