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## 1 Samuel 14:40-42 in Context (Verses 37–45 KJV)
 
 [37 ](/kjv/1-samuel/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.
 
 [38 ](/kjv/1-samuel/14/38) And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.*
 
 [39 ](/kjv/1-samuel/14/39) For, *as* the LORD liveth, which 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.
 
 [40 ](/kjv/1-samuel/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.
 
 [41 ](/kjv/1-samuel/14/41) Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect *lot*. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.**
 
 [42 ](/kjv/1-samuel/14/42) And Saul said, Cast *lots* between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
 
 [43 ](/kjv/1-samuel/14/43) Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that *was* in mine hand, *and*, lo, I must die.
 
 [44 ](/kjv/1-samuel/14/44) And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
 
 [45 ](/kjv/1-samuel/14/45) And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: *as* the LORD 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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