1 Samuel 14:39-49

39 "For 1as the LORD lives, who delivers Israel, though * it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely * die." But not one of all the people answered him.
40 Then he said to all Israel, "You shall be on one side and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side." And the people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you."
41 Therefore, Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, "2Give a perfect lot." And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped.
42 Saul said, "Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son." And Jonathan was taken.
43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, "3Tell me what you have done." So Jonathan told him and said, "4I indeed tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am, I must die!"
44 Saul said, "5May God do this to me and more also, for 6you shall surely die, Jonathan."
45 But the people said to Saul, "Must Jonathan die, who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Far from it! As the LORD lives, 7not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for 8he has worked with God this day." So the people rescued Jonathan and he did not die.
46 Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

Constant Warfare

47 Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, 9the sons of Ammon, Edom, 10the kings of Zobah, and 11the Philistines; and wherever * he turned, he inflicted punishment.
48 He acted valiantly and 12defeated the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from the hands of those who plundered them.
49 Now 13the sons of Saul were Jonathan and Ishvi and Malchi-shua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn 14Merab and the name of the younger 15Michal.

Cross References 15

  • 1. 1 Samuel 14:24, 44; 2 Samuel 12:5
  • 2. Acts 1:24
  • 3. Joshua 7:19
  • 4. 1 Samuel 14:27
  • 5. Ruth 1:17; 1 Samuel 25:22
  • 6. 1 Samuel 14:39
  • 7. 2 Samuel 14:11; 1 Kings 1:52; Luke 21:18; Acts 27:34
  • 8. 2 Corinthians 6:1
  • 9. 1 Samuel 11:1-13
  • 10. 2 Samuel 8:3-10
  • 11. 1 Samuel 14:52
  • 12. 1 Samuel 15:3, 7
  • 13. 1 Samuel 31:2; 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 10:2
  • 14. 1 Samuel 18:17-19
  • 15. 1 Samuel 18:20, 27; 1 Samuel 19:12; 2 Samuel 6:20-23

Footnotes 8

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