Saul's Rash Vow
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And the men of Israel were distressed that day, for Saul had t placed the people under oath, saying, "Cursed is the man who eats any food until evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies." So none of the people tasted food.
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u Now all the people of the land came to a forest; and there was v honey on the ground.
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And when the people had come into the woods, there was the honey, dripping; but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.
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But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath; therefore he stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his countenance brightened.
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Then one of the people said, "Your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, 'Cursed is the man who eats food this day.' " And the people were faint.
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But Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land. Look now, how my countenance has brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
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"How much better if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now would there not have been a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?"
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Now they had driven back the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. So the people were very faint.
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And the people rushed on the spoil, and took sheep, oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and the people ate them w with the blood.
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Then they told Saul, saying, "Look, the people are sinning against the LORD by eating with the blood!" So he said, "You have dealt treacherously; roll a large stone to me this day."
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Then Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, 'Bring me here every man's ox and every man's sheep, slaughter them here, and eat; and do not sin against the LORD by eating with the blood.' " So every one of the people brought his ox with him that night, and slaughtered it there.
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Then Saul x built an altar to the LORD. This was the first altar that he built to the LORD.
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Now Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and plunder them until the morning light; and let us not leave a man of them." And they said, "Do whatever seems good to you." Then the priest said, "Let us draw near to God here."
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So Saul y asked counsel of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You deliver them into the hand of Israel?" But z He did not answer him that day.
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And Saul said, a "Come over here, all you chiefs of the people, and know and see what this sin was today.
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"For b as the LORD lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But not a man among all the people answered him.
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Then he said to all Israel, "You be on one side, and my son Jonathan and I will be on the other side." And the people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you."
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Therefore Saul said to the LORD God of Israel, c "Give a perfect lot." d So Saul and Jonathan were taken, but the people escaped.
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And Saul said, "Cast lots between my son Jonathan and me." So Jonathan was taken.
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Then Saul said to Jonathan, e "Tell me what you have done." And Jonathan told him, and said, f "I only tasted a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand. So now I must die!"
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Saul answered, g "God do so and more also; h for you shall surely die, Jonathan."
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But the people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has accomplished this great deliverance in Israel? Certainly not! i As the LORD lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked j with God this day." So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
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Then Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 13:5
Then the Philistines gathered together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. And they came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth Aven.
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Cross References
Joshua 6:26
Then Joshua charged them at that time, saying, "Cursed be the man before the LORD who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates.
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Deuteronomy 9:28
'lest the land from which You brought us should say, "Because the LORD was not able to bring them to the land which He promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness."
Matthew 3:5
Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him
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Exodus 3:8
So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.
Numbers 13:27
Then they told him, and said: "We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
Matthew 3:4
Now John himself was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
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Cross References
Genesis 9:4
But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that...
Leviticus 3:17
' This shall be a perpetual statute throughout ...
Leviticus 17:10 - 14
And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of ...
Leviticus 19:26
You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor ...
Deuteronomy 12:16
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pou...
Deuteronomy 12:23
Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for...
Deuteronomy 12:24
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the ...
Acts 15:20
But that we write to them to abstain from thing...
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Cross References
1 Samuel 7:12
Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, "Thus far the LORD has helped us.
1 Samuel 7:17
But he always returned to Ramah, for his home was there. There he judged Israel, and there he built an altar to the LORD.
2 Samuel 24:25
And David built there an altar to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD heeded the prayers for the land, and the plague was withdrawn from Israel.
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Cross References
Judges 20:18
Then the children of Israel arose and went up to the house of God to inquire of God. They said, "Which of us shall go up first to battle against the children of Benjamin?" The LORD said, "Judah first!
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Cross References
1 Samuel 28:6
And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by the prophets.
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Cross References
Joshua 7:14
In the morning therefore you shall be brought according to your tribes. And it shall be that the tribe which the LORD takes shall come according to families; and the family which the LORD takes shall come by households; and the household which the LORD takes shall come man by man.
1 Samuel 10:19
"But you have today rejected your God, who Himself saved you from all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said to Him, 'No, set a king over us!' Now therefore, present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your clans."
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Cross References
1 Samuel 14:24
And the men of Israel were distressed that day, for Saul had placed the people under oath, saying, "Cursed is the man who eats any food until evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies." So none of the people tasted food.
1 Samuel 14:44
Saul answered, "God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.
2 Samuel 12:5
So David's anger was greatly aroused against the man, and he said to Nathan, " As the LORD lives, the man who has done this shall surely die!
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Cross References
Proverbs 16:33
The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the LORD.
Acts 1:24 - 26
And they prayed and said, "You, O Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which of these two You have chosen
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Cross References
Joshua 7:16
So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.
1 Samuel 10:20
And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was chosen.
1 Samuel 10:21
When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was chosen. And Saul the son of Kish was chosen. But when they sought him, he could not be found.
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Cross References
Joshua 7:19
Now Joshua said to Achan, "My son, I beg you, give glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession to Him, and tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 14:27
But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath; therefore he stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his countenance brightened.
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Cross References
Ruth 1:17
Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The LORD do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me.
1 Samuel 25:22
"May God do so, and more also, to the enemies of David, if I leave one male of all who belong to him by morning light."
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Cross References
1 Samuel 14:39
For as the LORD lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But not a man among all the people answered him.
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2 Samuel 14:11
Then she said, "Please let the king remember the LORD your God, and do not permit the avenger of blood to destroy anymore, lest they destroy my son." And he said, " As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.
1 Kings 1:52
Then Solomon said, "If he proves himself a worthy man, not one hair of him shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.
Luke 21:18
But not a hair of your head shall be lost.
Acts 27:34
"Therefore I urge you to take nourishment, for this is for your survival, since not a hair will fall from the head of any of you."
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