1 Samuel 14
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1 Samuel 14:39-45

39As surely asH3588 the LORDH3068 who savesH3467 IsraelH3478 livesH2416, evenH3588 ifH518 it isH3426 my sonH1121H3588 JonathanH3129, he must dieH4191!”

But not oneH369 of the troopsH5971 saidH6030 a wordH3605.

40Then Saul saidH559 toH413 allH3605 IsraelH3478, “YouH859 standH1961 on oneH259 sideH5676, and IH589 and my sonH1121 JonathanH3129 will standH1961 on the otherH259 sideH5676.”

“DoH6213 what seems goodH2896 to youH5869,” the troopsH5971H413H7586 repliedH559.

41So SaulH7586 saidH559 toH413 the LORDH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respondH3051 with ThummimH8549.”1 And JonathanH3129 and SaulH7586 were selectedH3920, but the peopleH5971 were cleared of the chargeH3318.

42Then SaulH7586 saidH559, “CastH5307 the lot between meH996 andH996 my sonH1121 JonathanH3129.” And JonathanH3129 was selectedH3920.

43“TellH5046 me whatH4100 you have doneH6213,” SaulH7586 commandedH559H413 himH3129.

So JonathanH3129H559 toldH5046 him, “I only tastedH2938 a littleH4592 honeyH1706 with the endH7097 of the staffH4294 thatH834 was in my handH3027. And nowH2005 I must dieH4191?”

44And SaulH7586 declaredH559, “May GodH430 punish meH3541H6213, and ever soH3541 severelyH3254, if you, JonathanH3129, do notH3588 surely dieH4191!”

45But the peopleH5971 saidH559 toH413 SaulH7586, “Must JonathanH3129 dieH4191—he whoH834 accomplishedH6213 suchH2063 a greatH1419 deliveranceH3444 for IsraelH3478? NeverH2486! As surely as the LORDH3068 livesH2416, notH518 a hairH8185 of his headH7218 will fallH5307 to the groundH776, forH3588 withH5973 God’s helpH430 he has accomplished thisH6213 todayH3117H2088.”

So the peopleH5971 rescuedH6299 JonathanH3129, and he did notH3808 dieH4191.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 14:41 LXX and Vulgate; MT contains only the short quotation, “Give a perfect (lot).” ↩

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