1 Samuel 14:39

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For, by the living Lord, the saviour of Israel, even if the sinner is Jonathan, my son, death will certainly be his fate. But not a man among all the people gave him any answer.

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  • 1 Sam 14:44 : 44 And Saul said, May God's punishment be on me if death is not your fate, Jonathan.
  • 2 Sam 12:5 : 5 And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:
  • 1 Sam 14:24 : 24 And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food before evening comes and I have given punishment to those who are against me. So the people had not a taste of food.
  • Eccl 9:2 : 2 Because to all there is one event, to the upright man and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him who makes an offering and to him who makes no offering; as is the good so is the sinner; he who takes an oath is as he who has fear of it.
  • 1 Sam 19:6 : 6 And Saul gave ear to the voice of Jonathan, and said with an oath, By the living Lord, he is not to be put to death.
  • 1 Sam 20:31 : 31 For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.
  • 1 Sam 22:16 : 16 And the king said, You will certainly be put to death, Ahimelech, you and all your father's family.
  • 1 Sam 28:10 : 10 And Saul made an oath to her by the Lord, saying, By the living Lord, no punishment will come to you for this.

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  • 1 Sam 14:40-45
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    84%

    40 Then he said to all Israel, You be on one side, and I with Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do whatever seems good to you.

    41 Then Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, Why have you not given me an answer today? If the sin is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord God of Israel, give Urim, and if it is in your people Israel, give Thummim. And by the decision of the Lord, Saul and Jonathan were marked out, and the people went free.

    42 And Saul said, Give your decision between my son Jonathan and me. And Jonathan was taken.

    43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Give me an account of what you have done. And Jonathan gave him the story and said, Certainly I took a little honey on the end of my rod; and now death is to be my fate.

    44 And Saul said, May God's punishment be on me if death is not your fate, Jonathan.

    45 And the people said to Saul, Is death to come to Jonathan, the worker of this great salvation for Israel? Let it not be so: by the living Lord, not one hair of his head is to be touched, for he has been working with God today. So the people kept Jonathan from death.

  • 1 Sam 19:4-6
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    4 And Jonathan gave his father Saul a good account of David, and said to him, Let not the king do wrong against his servant, against David; because he has done you no wrong, and all his acts have had a good outcome for you:

    5 For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?

    6 And Saul gave ear to the voice of Jonathan, and said with an oath, By the living Lord, he is not to be put to death.

  • 1 Sam 20:31-32
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    78%

    31 For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.

    32 And Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he done?

  • 1 Sam 20:2-3
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    77%

    2 And he said to him, Far be the thought: you will not be put to death: see, my father does nothing, great or small, without giving me word of it: would he keep this secret from me? It is not so.

    3 But David took his oath again and said, Your father sees that I am dear to you; so he says to himself, Let Jonathan have no idea of this, for it will be a grief to him; but as the Lord is living, and as your soul is living, there is only a step between me and death.

  • 2 Sam 1:4-5
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    77%

    4 And David said to him, How did things go? Give me the news. And in answer he said, The people have gone in flight from the fight, and a great number of them are dead; and Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.

    5 And David said to the young man who gave him the news, Why are you certain that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?

  • 1 Sam 13:22
    76%

    22 So on the day of the fight at Michmash, not a sword or a spear was to be seen in the hands of any of the people with Saul and Jonathan: only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

  • 1 Sam 14:17
    76%

    17 Then Saul said to the people who were with him, Let everyone be numbered and let us see who has gone from us. And when they had been numbered, it was seen that Jonathan and his servant were not there.

  • 2 Sam 1:22
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    22 From the blood of the dead, from the fat of the strong, the bow of Jonathan was not turned back, the sword of Saul did not come back unused.

  • 1 Sam 20:12-14
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    12 And Jonathan said to David, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be witness; when I have had a chance of talking to my father, about this time tomorrow, if his feelings to David are good, will I not send and give you the news?

    13 May the Lord's punishment be on Jonathan, if it is my father's pleasure to do you evil and I do not give you word of it and send you away so that you may go in peace: and may the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.

    14 And may you, while I am still living, O may you be kind to me, as the Lord is kind, and keep me from death!

  • 1 Sam 20:8-10
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    8 So, then, be kind to your servant; for you have been united with your servant in an agreement made before the Lord: but if there is any wrongdoing in me, put me to death yourself; why take me to your father?

    9 And Jonathan said, Do not have such a thought: for if I saw that my father was designing evil against you, would I not give you word of it?

    10 Then David said to Jonathan, Who will give me word if your father gives you a rough answer?

  • 2 Sam 1:16-17
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    16 And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

    17 Then David made this song of grief for Saul and Jonathan, his son:

  • 1 Sam 14:6
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    6 And Jonathan said to his young servant who had his arms, Come, let us go over to the armies of these men who have no circumcision: it may be that the Lord will give us help, for there is no limit to his power; the Lord is able to give salvation by a great army or by a small band.

  • 1 Sam 14:37-38
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    37 And Saul, desiring directions from God, said, Am I to go down after the Philistines? will you give them up into the hands of Israel? But he gave him no answer that day.

    38 And Saul said, Come near, all you chiefs of the people, and let us get word from God and see in whom is this sin today.

  • 1 Sam 19:1
    74%

    1 And Saul gave orders to his son Jonathan and to all his servants to put David to death. But Saul's son Jonathan had great delight in David.

  • 2 Sam 1:25
    74%

    25 How have the great ones been made low in the fight! Jonathan is dead on your high places.

  • 1 Sam 11:12-13
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    74%

    12 And the people said to Samuel, Who was it who said, Is Saul to be our king? give the men up, so that we may put them to death.

    13 And Saul said, Not a man is to be put to death today: for today the Lord has made Israel safe.

  • 1 Sam 14:1
    74%

    1 Now one day Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was with him, looking after his arms, Come, let us go over to the Philistine force over there. But he said nothing to his father.

  • 1 Sam 31:2
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    2 And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and they put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 26:10
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    10 And David said, By the living Lord, the Lord will send destruction on him; the natural day of his death will come, or he will go into the fight and come to his end.

  • 1 Sam 22:16
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    16 And the king said, You will certainly be put to death, Ahimelech, you and all your father's family.

  • 1 Sam 14:12-13
    2 verses
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    12 And the armed men of the force gave Jonathan and his servant their answer, saying, Come up here to us, and we will let you see something. Then Jonathan said to his servant, Come up after me: for the Lord has given them up into the hands of Israel.

    13 And Jonathan went up, gripping with his hands and his feet, his servant going up after him; and the Philistines gave way before Jonathan when he made an attack on them, and his servant put them to death after him.

  • 2 Sam 1:12
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    12 And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.

  • 1 Sam 14:28
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    28 Then one of the people said to him, Your father put the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes any food this day. And the people were feeble, needing food.

  • 1 Sam 20:39
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    39 But the boy had no idea what was going on; only Jonathan and David had knowledge of it.

  • 1 Sam 14:21
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    21 Then the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines for some time, and had gone up with them to their tents, turning round were joined to those who were with Saul and Jonathan.

  • 2 Sam 15:21
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    21 And Ittai the Gittite in answer said, By the living Lord, and by the life of my lord the king, in whatever place my lord the king may be, for life or death, there will your servant be.

  • 1 Sam 17:27
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    27 And the people gave him this answer, So it will be done to the man who overcomes him.

  • 1 Sam 23:17
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    17 And said to him, Have no fear, for Saul my father will not get you into his power; and you will be king of Israel, and I will be by your side, and my father Saul is certain of this.

  • 1 Kgs 1:43
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    43 And Jonathan, answering, said to Adonijah, Not so, but our lord King David has made Solomon king:

  • 1 Sam 20:42
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    42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for we two have taken an oath, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever. Then David went away, and Jonathan went into the town.

  • 2 Sam 9:1
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    1 And David said, Is there still anyone of Saul's family living, so that I may be a friend to him, because of Jonathan?

  • 1 Chr 10:14
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    14 And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.