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Passage Lookup: 1 Samuel 14:24-46

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1 Samuel 14:24
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Now the men of Israel were hard-pressed on that day, for Saul had (z)put the people under oath, saying, "Cursed be the man who eats food [j]before evening, and until I have avenged myself on my enemies." So none of the people tasted food.
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1 Samuel 14:25
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All the people of the land entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.
1 Samuel 14:26
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When the people entered the forest, behold, (aa)there was a flow of honey; but no man put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.
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1 Samuel 14:27
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But Jonathan had not heard when his father put the people under oath; therefore, (ab)he put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and (ac)his eyes brightened.
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1 Samuel 14:28
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Then one of the people said, "Your father strictly put the people under oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food today.'" And the people were weary.
1 Samuel 14:29
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Then Jonathan said, "(ad)My father has troubled the land. See now, how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
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1 Samuel 14:30
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How much more, if only the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great."
1 Samuel 14:31
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They struck among the Philistines that day from (ae)Michmash to (af)Aijalon. And the people were very weary.
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1 Samuel 14:32
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(ag)The people [k]rushed greedily upon the spoil, and took sheep and oxen and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people ate them (ah)with the blood.
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1 Samuel 14:33
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Then they told Saul, saying, "Behold, the people are (ai)sinning against the Lord by eating with the blood." And he said, "You have acted treacherously; roll a great stone to me today."
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1 Samuel 14:34
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Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, ‘Each one of you bring me his ox or his sheep, and slaughter it here and eat; and do not sin against the Lord by eating with the blood.'" So all the people that night brought each one his ox [l]with him and slaughtered it there.
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1 Samuel 14:35
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And (aj)Saul built an altar to the Lord ; it was the first altar that he built to the Lord .
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1 Samuel 14:36
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Then 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 whatever seems good [m]to you." So (ak)the priest said, "Let us draw near to God here."
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1 Samuel 14:37
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Saul (al)inquired of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?" But (am)He did not answer him on that day.
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1 Samuel 14:38
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Saul said, "(an)Draw near here, all you [n]chiefs of the people, and investigate and see how this sin has happened today.
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1 Samuel 14:39
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For (ao)as the Lord lives, who delivers Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But not one of all the people answered him.
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1 Samuel 14:40
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Then he said to all Israel, "You shall be on one side and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side." And the people said to Saul, "Do what seems good [o]to you."
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1 Samuel 14:41
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Therefore, Saul said to the Lord , the God of Israel, "(ap)Give a perfect lot." And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped.
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1 Samuel 14:42
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Saul said, "Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son." And Jonathan was taken.
1 Samuel 14:43
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Then Saul said to Jonathan, "(aq)Tell me what you have done." So Jonathan told him and said, "(ar)I indeed tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am, I must die!"
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1 Samuel 14:44
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Saul said, "(as)May God do [p]this to me and more also, for (at)you shall surely die, Jonathan."
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1 Samuel 14:45
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But the people said to Saul, "Must Jonathan die, who has [q]brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Far from it! As the Lord lives, (au)not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for (av)he has worked with God this day." So the people [r]rescued Jonathan and he did not die.
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1 Samuel 14:46
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Then Saul went up from [s]pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.
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