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Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened,
because I tasted a little of this honey.
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How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to
day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater
slaughter among the Philistines?
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And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to
Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
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And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and
oxen, and calves, and slew
them
on the ground: and the people did eat
them
with the blood.
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Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the L
ORD
, in that they eat with the
blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.
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And Saul said,
Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and
every man his sheep, and slay
them
here, and eat; and sin not against the L
ORD
in eating with the
blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew
them
there.
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And
Saul built an altar unto the L
ORD
: the same was the first altar that he built unto the L
ORD
.
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And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning
light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee.
Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.
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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.
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And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see
wherein this sin hath been this day.
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For,
as
the L
ORD
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.
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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.
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Therefore Saul said
unto the L
ORD
God of Israel, Give a perfect
lot.
And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people
escaped.
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And Saul said, Cast
lots
between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
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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.
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And
Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
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And the people said
unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid:
as
the
L
ORD
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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Then Saul went up from following
the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.
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So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against
Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and
against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed
them.
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And he gathered
an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
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Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names of his two
daughters
were these;
the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
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And
the name of Saul’s wife
was
Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of
his host
was
Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
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And Kish
was
the father of Saul; and Ner the
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