1 Samuel 14:43-45

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁴³ Saul commanded him, “Tell me what you did.”^(A)

Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey^(B) with the end of the staff I was carrying. I am ready to die!”

⁴⁴ Saul declared to him, “May God punish me and do so severely^(C) if you do not die, Jonathan!”

⁴⁵ But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die, who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? No, as the Lord lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground,^(D) for he worked with God’s help today.”^(E) So the people redeemed Jonathan, and he did not die.