1 Samuel 14:45
And the people said to Saul, Shall he that has wrought this great salvation in Israel be put to death this day? As the Lord lives, there shall not fall to the ground one of the hairs of his head; for the people of God have wrought successfully this day. And the people prayed for Jonathan in that day, and he died not.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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44And Saul said to him, God do so to me, and more also, thou shalt surely die today.
46And Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines departed to their place.
Cross References
1 Samuel 11:13And Saul said, No man shall die this day, for today the Lord has wrought deliverance in Israel.
1 Samuel 19:5And he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great deliverance; and all Israel saw, and rejoiced: why then dost thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
1 Kings 1:52And Solomon said, If he should be a valiant man, there shall not a hair of his fall to the ground; but if evil be found in him, he shall die.
Isaiah 29:20The lawless man has come to nought, and the proud man has perished, and they that transgress mischievously have been utterly destroyed:
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 14:37-47
Jonathan Condemned to Die; Jonathan Rescued. ( b. c. 1067.) 36 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. 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 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief… Read the whole commentary →