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1 Samuel 14:40

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Then he said to all Israel, “You be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.”
The people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.”

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1 Samuel 14:40 in other translations

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.

1 Samuel 14:40 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 14:40 in context

  1. 38Saul said, “Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; and know and see in which this sin has been today.
  2. 39For, as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.
  3. 40Then he said to all Israel, “You be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.”
    The people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.”
  4. 41Therefore Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, “Show the right.”
    Jonathan and Saul were chosen, but the people escaped.
  5. 42Saul said, “Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son.”
    Jonathan was selected.