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1 Samuel 14:42-44
Common English Bible
1 Samuel 14:42-44
Common English Bible
42 Then Saul said, “Decide between me and my son Jonathan.”[a] And Jonathan was selected.
43 “Tell me what you’ve done,” Saul said to Jonathan.
So Jonathan told him. “I only took a very small taste of honey on the end of my staff,” he said. “And now I’m supposed to die?”
44 “May God deal harshly with me and worse still if you don’t die today!”[b] Saul swore.
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- 1 Samuel 14:42 LXX adds Whoever the Lord selects will die. The army said to Saul, “Don’t do this!” But Saul forced them, so they decided between him and Jonathan his son.
- 1 Samuel 14:44 LXX; MT if you don’t die, Jonathan
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