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1 Samuel 14:42-44
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1 Samuel 14:42-44
Living Bible
42 Then Saul said, “Now draw lots between me and Jonathan.” And Jonathan was chosen as the guilty one.
43 “Tell me what you’ve done,” Saul demanded of Jonathan.
“I tasted a little honey,” Jonathan admitted. “It was only a little bit on the end of a stick; but now I must die.”
44 “Yes, Jonathan,” Saul said, “you must die; may God strike me dead if you are not executed for this.”
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1 Samuel 14:42-44
New International Version
1 Samuel 14:42-44
New International Version
42 Saul said, “Cast the lot(A) between me and Jonathan my son.” And Jonathan was taken.
43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.”(B)
So Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey(C) with the end of my staff. And now I must die!”
44 Saul said, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely,(D) if you do not die, Jonathan.(E)”
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