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1 Samuel 14:44

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  1. 1 Samuel 14:42

    And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

  2. 1 Samuel 14:43

    Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.

  3. 1 Samuel 14:45

    And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

  4. 1 Samuel 14:46

    Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.