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44 Saul said, “May God do this to me[a] and even more, if you don’t surely die, Jonathan!”

45 Then the army told Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who brought about this great deliverance in Israel? As the Lord lives, not one hair of his head will fall to the ground, because today he did this with God’s help.”[b]

46 Then Saul stopped pursuing[c] the Philistines, and the Philistines went back to their territory.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 14:44 So LXX; i.e. may God strike me dead
  2. 1 Samuel 14:45 Lit. with God
  3. 1 Samuel 14:46 Lit. went up from after

44 Saul said, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely,(A) if you do not die, Jonathan.(B)

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(C) of his head will fall to the ground, for he did this today with God’s help.” So the men rescued(D) Jonathan, and he was not put to death.

46 Then Saul stopped pursuing the Philistines, and they withdrew to their own land.

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