Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
The keeper
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Bible References
The keeper
Acts 16:23
And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:
He drew
Judges 9:54
Then quickly crying out to his body-servant, he said to him, Take out your sword and put an end to me straight away, so that men may not say of me, His death was the work of a woman. So the young man put his sword through him, causing his death.
1 Samuel 31:4
Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, and falling on it, put an end to himself.
2 Samuel 17:23
Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.
1 Kings 16:18
And when Zimri saw that the town was taken, he went into the inner room of the king's house, and burning the house over his head, came to his end,
Matthew 27:5
And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.
General references
Genesis 8:16
Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives.
Lamentations 3:55
I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison.
Acts 5:18
And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.