How many suicides are there in the Bible?

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7 suicides have been recorded in The Bible.

I don't know about Saul but Judas Iscariot certainly killed himself after betraying Jesus.

Saul, after a long battle, wanted his armorour to kill him so that the enemy wouldn't, but he wouldn't. The Bible says that he fell on his own sword, which most people believe that to be accidental, not suicide. But it is believed by some to be suicide.

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And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A women slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. -- Judges 9:52-53

And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. -- Judges 16:29-30

At the end of the world many will try to commit suicide to escape God's torments, but God won't let them.

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. -- Revelation 9:6

Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. John 10:17-18

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SinceJesus knew his actions would lead to his death it was a form of suicide so why is suicide a sin

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