The king ordered, “Get me a sword!” So they placed a sword before the king.

When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died.

When they have drunk it, they will stagger to and fro<n id="1" /> and act insane. For I will send wars sweeping through them.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

He sees the sword coming against the land, blows the trumpet,<n id="1" /> and warns the people,<n id="2" />

When he drove<n id="1" /> the man out, he placed on the eastern side<n id="2" /> of the orchard in Eden angelic sentries<n id="3" /> who used the flame of a whirling sword<n id="4" /> to guard the way to the tree of life.p>

Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and drove it into Eglon&#8217;s<n id="1" /> belly.

The handle went in after the blade, and the fat closed around the blade, for Ehud<n id="1" /> did not pull the sword out of his belly.<n id="2" />

The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day.p>

The Moabites<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;It&#8217;s blood! The kings are totally destroyed!<n id="2" /> They have struck one another down! Now, Moab, seize the plunder!&#8221;

He deported to Babylon all who escaped the sword. They served him and his sons until the Persian kingdom rose to power.

I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors<n id="1" /> have known anything about. I will send people chasing after them with swords<n id="2" /> until I have destroyed them.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

I will bring war, starvation, and disease<n id="1" /> on them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave them and their ancestors.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

The sword is outside; pestilence and famine are inside the house. Whoever is in the open field will die by the sword, and famine and pestilence will consume everyone in the city.

<p class="poetry">Even when their enemies drive them into captivity,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from there<n id="2" /> I will command the sword to kill them.p> <p class="poetry">I will not let them out of my sight;p> <p class="poetry">they will experience disaster, not prosperity.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Saul said to his armor bearer, &#8220;Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come, stab me, and torture me.&#8221; But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.

David said to the messenger, &#8220;Tell Joab, &#8216;Don&#8217;t let this thing upset you.<n id="1" /> There is no way to anticipate whom the sword will cut down.<n id="2" /> Press the battle against the city and conquer<n id="3" /> it.&#8217; Encourage him with these words.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

he stood his ground<n id="1" /> and fought the Philistines until his hand grew so tired that it<n id="2" /> seemed stuck to his sword. The <sc>Lordsc> gave a great victory on that day. When the army returned to him, the only thing left to do was to plunder the corpses.p>

Saul told his armor bearer, &#8220;Draw your sword and stab me with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come and torture me.&#8221;<n id="1" /> But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;I will punish them in four different ways: I will have war kill them. I will have dogs drag off their dead bodies. I will have birds and wild beasts devour and destroy their corpses.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to me,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Tell them that the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel who rules over all<n id="2" /> says,<n id="3" /> &#8216;Drink this cup<n id="4" /> until you get drunk and vomit. Drink until you fall down and can&#8217;t get up.<n id="5" /> For I will send wars sweeping through you.&#8217;<n id="6" />