Quotes About Death

So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.

The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.

“What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”

Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

Then he begged me, ëStand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.í

So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.

Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponentís side, and they all fell together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is called Helkath-hazzurim.

But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.

Later, they took Asahel and buried him in his fatherís tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joabís brother Asahel.

And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?

Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.

They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

when someone told me, ëLook, Saul is dead,í and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!

So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abnerís tomb in Hebron.

And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.

Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.

And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of Davidís servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.

Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the kingís servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”

When Uriahís wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.

On the seventh day the child died. But Davidís servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”