Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Samuel 14:44
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And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”
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And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
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Saul said, “God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.”
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And Saul said, God do so and more also; for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
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1 Samuel 14
42 Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan.” And Jonathan was selected.
43 “Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”
44 And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”
45 But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
46 Then Saul gave up his pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own land.
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