1Samuel:14:24-48

acv@1Samuel:14:24 @ And the men of Israel were distressed that day, for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man who eats any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on my enemies. So none of the people tasted food.

acv@1Samuel:14:25 @ And all the people came into the forest, and there was honey upon the ground.

acv@1Samuel:14:26 @ And when the people came to the forest, behold, the honey dropped, but no man put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.

acv@1Samuel:14:27 @ But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath, therefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes were enlightened.

acv@1Samuel:14:28 @ Then one of the people answered, and said, Thy father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats food this day, and the people were faint.

acv@1Samuel:14:29 @ Then Jonathan said, My father has troubled the land. See, I pray you, how my eyes have been enlightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

acv@1Samuel:14:30 @ How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found? For now there has been no great slaughter among the Philistines.

acv@1Samuel:14:31 @ And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint,

acv@1Samuel:14:32 @ and the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and killed them on the ground. And the people ate them with the blood.

acv@1Samuel:14:33 @ Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, ye have dealt treacherously. Roll a great stone to me this day.

acv@1Samuel:14:34 @ And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, Bring me here every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and kill them here, and eat. And sin not against LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people broug

acv@1Samuel:14:35 @ And Saul built an altar to LORD; the same was the first altar that he built to LORD.

acv@1Samuel:14:36 @ And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatever seems good to thee. Then the priest said, Let us draw n

acv@1Samuel:14:37 @ And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he did not answer him that day.

acv@1Samuel:14:38 @ And Saul said, Draw near here, all ye chiefs of the people, and know and see how this sin has been this day.

acv@1Samuel:14:39 @ For, as LORD lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.

acv@1Samuel:14:40 @ Then he said to all Israel, Be ye 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 thee.

acv@1Samuel:14:41 @ Therefore Saul said to LORD, the God of Israel, Show the right. And Jonathan and Saul were taken [by lot], but the people escaped.

acv@1Samuel:14:42 @ And Saul said, Cast [lots] between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

acv@1Samuel:14:43 @ Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou have done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand. And, lo, I must die.

acv@1Samuel:14:44 @ And Saul said, God do so and more also, for thou shall surely die, Jonathan.

acv@1Samuel:14:45 @ And the people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far from it. As LORD lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has wrought with God this day. So the peop

acv@1Samuel:14:46 @ Then Saul went up from following the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

acv@1Samuel:14:47 @ Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the sons of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. And where

acv@1Samuel:14:48 @ And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who despoiled them.

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