1 Samuel 14:43-45

EasyEnglish Bible

⁴³ Saul said to Jonathan, ‘Tell me what you have done.’

Jonathan told him, ‘I pushed the end of my stick into some honey. I ate a little bit. You have said that I must die.’

⁴⁴ Saul said, ‘Jonathan, you must surely die! I ask God to kill me if I do not punish you with death.’

⁴⁵ But the soldiers said to Saul, ‘No! Jonathan must not die! He has rescued Israel in battle. As surely as the Lord lives, we promise that he will not lose even one hair on his head. It is God who has helped Jonathan to win the fight today.’

In that way, the army saved Jonathan from death.