1 Samuel 31:4
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Bible text
Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse me!” But his armor bearer would not, for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it.
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Statistics
- 4 Uses? Every use that covers this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 4 Uses naming the verse? As in the Top 100: only uses that name this verse.
- #17,302 Rank? Rank 17,302 of 27,463 verses named in at least one use; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping? Position 8,016 in the sequence Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering), Old Testament
4 of the uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
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Numbering in the versification systems?
Bible editions number some verses differently. This verse has the following labels; labels that differ from the one shown above are marked.
Sources that cite this verse?
Uses?
4 approved public uses (data: Official), newest first.
- Date
- Jan 1, 1785 – Dec 31, 1845
- Cited as
- 1 Samuel 31:4
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Yismach Moshe
- Author
- Moshe Teitelbaum of Ujhel
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1485 – Dec 31, 1555
- Cited as
- 1 Samuel 31:4
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Ein Yaakov
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Levi ibn Habib
- Author
- Jacob ibn Habib
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1100 – Dec 31, 1120
- Cited as
- 1 Samuel 31:4
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Midrash Lekach Tov
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Tobiah ben Eliezer
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 0400
- Cited as
- 1 Samuel 31:4
- Source
- Sefaria: links from Jewish works to the Tanakh, Bereshit Rabbah
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Judaism
- Language
- he
- Place of origin
- Talmudic Israel
- Contributed by
- import-agent
How this was computed – counting rule: Every covered verse (baseline) / Named verses only; data: Official; as of Nov 12, 2026, 12:04 AM UTC
Neutral key: nrf1:1SA.031.004
- Metric
- Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
- Counting rule
- Every covered verse (baseline) The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition) – uses; references to a whole chapter count for each of its verses
Named verses only Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. (definition) – uses naming the verse (owner decision P5); the basis of the Top 100 and of the rank - Profile
- Official The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
- Epoch
- 183, published Nov 12, 2026, 12:04 AM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
- Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering)
prot66.nrf, mapping release R9 - Rank
- As in the Top 100: uses naming the verse, highest first, over the verses named at least once; tied verses share a rank.
- Uses
- Approved public uses of the data shown, with at least one cited passage on these verses. The list follows the current approved data; the numbers are those of the epoch.
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