So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
So Saul died, and his three sons. Thus ended the troubled reign of Saul, who was elected to be the first king of Israel by a wisdom superior to human (2 Samuel 21:6); and in the wayward exercise of his non-theocratic government he fulfilled the special purposes of his appointment (Hosea 13:11). The influence of a directing Providence is evidently to be traced in permitting the death of Saul's three oldest and most energetic sons, particularly that of Jonathan, for whom, had he survived his father, a strong party would undoubtedly have risen, and thus obstructed the path of David to the throne.
And all his men, that same day together - i:e., his servants or body-guard (1 Chronicles 10:6).