1 Samuel 14:44 meaning and explanation
And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”
1 Samuel 14:44, Berean Standard Bible
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Saul speaks these words as king and father, having just learned that Jonathan, his son, tasted honey without knowing of the oath Saul had laid on the troops. Saul's rash vow had already caused distress, and now his own decree condemns his own son.
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