1 Samuel 14:43-45

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴³ Saul commanded him, ‘Tell me what you did.’^(A)

Jonathan told him, ‘I tasted a little honey^(B) with the end of the staff I was carrying. I am ready to die! ’

⁴⁴ Saul declared to him, ‘May God punish me and do so severely^(C) if you do not die, Jonathan! ’

⁴⁵ But the people said to Saul, ‘Must Jonathan die? He accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel! No, as the Lord lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground,^(D) for he worked with God’s help today.’^(E) So the people redeemed Jonathan, and he did not die.