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1 Samuel 14:43-45
New Catholic Bible
1 Samuel 14:43-45
New Catholic Bible
43 Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of my staff that was in my hand. Must I now die?” 44 Saul answered, “May God do this to me and even more, for, Jonathan, you must surely die.” 45 But the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, the one who brought about this victory in Israel? Never! As the Lord lives, not one hair from his head will fall to the ground, for he did this today with God’s help.” This is how the people rescued Jonathan[a] that day, and he was not put to death.
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- 1 Samuel 14:45 The people rescued Jonathan: Saul was more intent on saving his image than on killing Jonathan. The intervention of the people got him out of a bad spot so that he did not have to carry out his threat against Jonathan.
1 Samuel 14:43-45
New International Version
1 Samuel 14:43-45
New International Version
43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.”(A)
So Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey(B) with the end of my staff. And now I must die!”
44 Saul said, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely,(C) if you do not die, Jonathan.(D)”
45 But the men said to Saul, “Should Jonathan die—he who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Never! As surely as the Lord lives, not a hair(E) of his head will fall to the ground, for he did this today with God’s help.” So the men rescued(F) Jonathan, and he was not put to death.
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