1 Samuel 14:24-45 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eats any food until evening, that I may be avenged on my enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.

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24 H376 And the men H3478 of Israel H5065 were distressed H3117 that day: H7586 for Saul H422 had adjured H5971 the people, H559 saying, H779 Cursed H376 be the man H398 that eats H3899 any food H5704 until H6153 evening, H5358 that I may be avenged H341 on my enemies. H3808 So none H5971 of the people H2938 tasted H3605 any H3899 food.

25 H3605 And all H776 they of the land H935 came H3293 to a wood; H1706 and there was honey H7704 on the ground.

26 H5971 And when the people H935 were come H413 into H3293 the wood, H2009 behold, H1706 the honey H1982 dropped; H369 but no H5381 man put H3027 his hand H6310 to his mouth: H5971 for the people H3372 feared H7621 the oath.

27 H3129 But Jonathan H8085 heard H1 not when his father H7650 charged H5971 the people H7650 with the oath: H7971 why he put H7971 forth H7097 the end H4294 of the rod H3027 that was in his hand, H2881 and dipped H3295 it in an honeycomb, H1706 H7725 and put H3027 his hand H6310 to his mouth; H5869 and his eyes H215 were enlightened.

28 H6030 Then answered H5971 one of the people, H559 and said, H1 Your father H7650 straightly charged H5971 the people H7650 with an oath, H559 saying, H779 Cursed H376 be the man H398 that eats H3899 any food H3117 this day. H5971 And the people H5774 were faint.

29 H559 Then said H3129 Jonathan, H1 My father H5916 has troubled H776 the land: H7200 see, H4994 I pray H3588 you, how H5869 my eyes H215 have been enlightened, H3588 because H2938 I tasted H4592 a little H2088 of this H1706 honey.

30 H637 How H637 much H637 more, H3863 if H3863 haply H5971 the people H398 had eaten H3117 freely to day H7998 of the spoil H341 of their enemies H834 which H4672 they found? H6258 for had there not been now H7235 a much greater H4347 slaughter H6430 among the Philistines?

31 H5221 And they smote H6430 the Philistines H3117 that day H4363 from Michmash H357 to Aijalon: H5971 and the people H3966 were very H5774 faint.

32 H5971 And the people H6213 flew H7998 on the spoil, H3947 and took H6629 sheep, H1241 and oxen, H1121 and calves, H1242 H7819 and slew H776 them on the ground: H5971 and the people H398 did eat H1818 them with the blood.

33 H5046 Then they told H7586 Saul, H559 saying, H2009 Behold, H5971 the people H2398 sin H3068 against the LORD, H398 in that they eat H1818 with the blood. H559 And he said, H898 You have transgressed: H1556 roll H1419 a great H68 stone H3117 to me this day.

34 H7586 And Saul H559 said, H6327 Disperse H5971 yourselves among the people, H559 and say H5066 to them, Bring H5066 me here H376 every man H7794 his ox, H376 and every man H7716 his sheep, H7819 and slay H2088 them here, H398 and eat; H2398 and sin H3068 not against the LORD H398 in eating H1818 with the blood. H3605 And all H5971 the people H5066 brought H376 every man H7794 his ox H3915 with him that night, H7819 and slew H8033 them there.

35 H7586 And Saul H1129 built H4196 an altar H3068 to the LORD: H2490 the same was the first H4196 altar H1129 that he built H3068 to the LORD.

36 H7586 And Saul H559 said, H3381 Let us go H3381 down H310 after H6430 the Philistines H3915 by night, H962 and spoil H5704 them until H1242 the morning H216 light, H7604 and let us not leave H376 a man H559 of them. And they said, H6213 Do H3605 whatever H5869 seems H2896 good H559 to you. Then said H3548 the priest, H7126 Let us draw near H1988 here H430 to God.

37 H7586 And Saul H7592 asked H430 counsel of God, H3381 Shall I go H3381 down H310 after H6430 the Philistines? H5414 will you deliver H3027 them into the hand H3478 of Israel? H6030 But he answered H3117 him not that day.

38 H7586 And Saul H559 said, H5066 Draw you near H1988 here, H3605 all H6438 the chief H5971 of the people: H3045 and know H7200 and see H4100 wherein H2088 this H2403 sin H1961 has been H2088 this H3117 day.

39 H3068 For, as the LORD H2416 lives, H3467 which saves H3478 Israel, H3588 though H518 H3129 it be in Jonathan H1121 my son, H3588 he shall surely H4191 die. H3605 But there was not a man among all H5971 the people H6030 that answered him.

40 H559 Then said H3605 he to all H3478 Israel, H259 Be you on one H5676 side, H3129 and I and Jonathan H1121 my son H259 will be on the other H5676 side. H5971 And the people H559 said H7586 to Saul, H6213 Do H5869 what seems H2896 good to you.

41 H7586 Therefore Saul H559 said H3068 to the LORD H430 God H3478 of Israel, H3051 Give H8549 a perfect H7586 lot. And Saul H3129 and Jonathan H3920 were taken: H5971 but the people H3318 escaped.

42 H7586 And Saul H559 said, H5307 Cast H996 lots between H3129 me and Jonathan H1121 my son. H3129 And Jonathan H3920 was taken.

43 H7586 Then Saul H559 said H3129 to Jonathan, H5046 Tell H4100 me what H6213 you have done. H3129 And Jonathan H5046 told H559 him, and said, H2938 I did but taste H4592 a little H1706 honey H7097 with the end H4294 of the rod H3027 that was in my hand, H2114 and, see, H4191 I must die.

44 H7586 And Saul H559 answered, H430 God H6213 do H3541 so H3254 and more H3541 also: H4191 for you shall surely die, H3129 Jonathan.

45 H5971 And the people H559 said H7586 to Saul, H3129 Shall Jonathan H4191 die, H834 who H6213 has worked H2088 this H1419 great H3444 salvation H3478 in Israel? H2486 God forbid: H3068 as the LORD H2416 lives, H8185 there shall not one hair H7218 of his head H5307 fall H776 to the ground; H6213 for he has worked H430 with God H2088 this H3117 day. H5971 So the people H6299 rescued H3129 Jonathan, H4191 that he died not.