1Samuel:14:24-48
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1Samuel:14:24 @
And the men of Israel were distressed that day ;
for Saul had adjured the people ,
saying ,
Cursed be the man that eateth any food until it be evening ,
and I be avenged on mine enemies .
So none of the people tasted food .
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1Samuel:14:25 @
And all the people came into the forest ;
and there was honey upon the ground .
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1Samuel:14:26 @
And when the people were come unto the forest ,
behold ,
the honey dropped :
but no man put his hand to his mouth ;
for the people feared the oath .
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1Samuel:14:27 @
But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath :
wherefore 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 .
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1Samuel:14:28 @
Then answered one of the people ,
and said ,
Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath ,
saying ,
Cursed be the man that eateth food this day .
And the people were faint .
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1Samuel:14:29 @
Then said Jonathan ,
My father hath troubled the land :
see ,
I pray you ,
how mine eyes have been enlightened ,
because I tasted a little of this honey .
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1Samuel:14:30 @
How much more ,
if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found ?
for now hath there been no great slaughter among the Philistines .
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1Samuel:14:31 @
And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon .
And the people were very faint ;
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1Samuel:14:32 @
and the people flew upon the spoil ,
and took sheep ,
and oxen ,
and calves ,
and slew them on the ground ;
and the people did eat them with the blood .
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1Samuel:14:33 @
Then they told Saul ,
saying ,
Behold ,
the people sin against Jehovah ,
in that they eat with the blood .
And he said ,
ye have dealt treacherously :
roll a great stone unto me this day .
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1Samuel:14:34 @
And Saul said ,
Disperse yourselves among the people ,
and say unto them ,
Bring me hither every man his ox ,
and every man his sheep ,
and slay them here ,
and eat ;
and sin not against Jehovah in eating with the blood .
And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night ,
and slew them there .
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1Samuel:14:35 @
And Saul built an altar unto Jehovah :
the same was the first altar that he built unto Jehovah .
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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 whatsoever seemeth good unto thee .
Then said the priest ,
Let us draw near hither unto God .
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1Samuel:14:37 @
And Saul asked counsel of God ,
Shall I go down after the Philistines ?
wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel ?
But he answered him not that day .
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1Samuel:14:38 @
And Saul said ,
Draw nigh hither ,
all ye chiefs of the people ;
and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day .
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1Samuel:14:39 @
For ,
as Jehovah liveth ,
who saveth Israel ,
though it be in Jonathan my son ,
he shall surely die .
But there was not a man among all the people that answered him .
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1Samuel:14:40 @
Then said he unto all Israel ,
Be ye on one side ,
and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side .
And the people said unto Saul ,
Do what seemeth good unto thee .
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1Samuel:14:41 @
Therefore Saul said unto Jehovah ,
the God of Israel ,
Show the right .
And Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot ;
but the people escaped .
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1Samuel:14:42 @
And Saul said ,
Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son .
And Jonathan was taken .
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1Samuel:14:43 @
Then Saul said to Jonathan ,
Tell me what thou hast 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 .
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1Samuel:14:44 @
And Saul said ,
God do so and more also ;
for thou shalt surely die ,
Jonathan .
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1Samuel:14:45 @
And the people said unto Saul ,
Shall Jonathan die ,
who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel ?
Far from it :
as Jehovah 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 .
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1Samuel:14:46 @
Then Saul went up from following the Philistines ;
and the Philistines went to their own place .
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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 children of Ammon ,
and against Edom ,
and against the kings of Zobah ,
and against the Philistines :
and whithersoever he turned himself ,
he put them to the worse .
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1Samuel:14:48 @
And he did valiantly ,
and smote the Amalekites ,
and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that despoiled them .
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