1 Samuel 14 Jonathan is condemned to death

 1 Samuel 14

Jonathan is condemned to death

36 Then Saul said, Let us go down at night after the Philistines, and let them be stripped until the light dawns, and let us not leave a man behind them. And they said, Whatever seems good to your eyes do. But the priest said, Let us come to God here.

37 Then Saul inquired of God, saying, Shall I go down behind the Philistines? will you hand them over to Israel? But that day did not answer him.

38 Then Saul said, "Come here, all the leaders of the people, and inform yourselves, and see how this sin was committed today:

39 For the Lord lives who saves Israel, who, even though it is in my son Jonathan, will surely die. And none of the people answered him.

40 he said more to all Israel: You will be in one band, and my son Jonathan and I will be in the other band. Then the people said to Saul, Do what seems right in your eyes.

41 So Saul spoke to the Lord God of Israel: Show the innocent. So Jonathan and Saul went by luck, and the people went free.

42 Then Saul said, Cast your lot between me and my son Jonathan. And Jonathan was taken.

43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I only tasted a little honey with the end of the stick in my hand; behold, must I die?

44 Then Saul said, So let me do God, and so much more, that you will surely die, Jonathan.

45 But the people said to Saul, Will Jonathan die, who did such a great salvation in Israel? never do so; the Lord lives, that not a hair of his head will fall on the ground! because with God he did it today. So the people saved Jonathan, so that he would not die.

46 And Saul stopped following the Philistines and the Philistines went to his place.

47 Then Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies all around: against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines and wherever they went. he returned and carried out punishments.

48 And he went boldly, and smote the Amalekites: and delivered Israel from the hand of those who plundered him.

49 And Saul's sons were Jonathan, and Isvi, and Malquisua: and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the oldest Merab, and the name of the youngest Michal.

50 And the name of Saul's wife, Ainoan, daughter of Ahimaaz; and the name of the army general, Abner, son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

51 And Kish, father of Saul and Ner, father of Abner, were children of Abiel.

52 And there was a strong war against the Philistines, all the days of Saul: so Saul added to all the brave and brave men he saw he added them to him.