# armor bearer The armor bearer carried the large shield of his commanding officer and other weapons. He protected the commanding officer during a battle. # these uncircumcised "these men who have not been circumcised" or "these non-Israelite men" # would not "would not do what Saul had told him to do" # took his own sword and fell on it "killed himself with his own sword". Saul receives his punishment from God; for his disobedience and resisting God's will.