1 Samuel 14:36-46

³⁶Then Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines by night and take plunder among them until the morning light, and let’s not leave a man among them alive.” And they said, “Do whatever seems good to you.” So the priest said, “Let’s approach God here.” ³⁷So Saul inquired of God: “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You hand them over to Israel?” But He did not answer him on that day. ³⁸Then Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the people, and investigate and see how this sin has happened today. ³⁹For as the Lord lives, who saves Israel, even if it is in my son Jonathan, he shall assuredly die!” But not one of all the people answered him. ⁴⁰Then he said to all Israel, “You shall be on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will be on the other side.” And the people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.” ⁴¹Therefore, Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, “Give a perfect lot.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected by lot, but the people were exonerated. ⁴²Then Saul said, “Cast lots between me and my son Jonathan.” And Jonathan was selected by lot.

⁴³So Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” And Jonathan told him, and said, “I did indeed taste a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am, I must die!” ⁴⁴And Saul said, “May God do the same to me and more also, for you shall certainly die, Jonathan!” ⁴⁵But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die, he who has brought about this great victory in Israel? Far from it! As the Lord lives, not even a hair of his head shall fall to the ground, because he has worked with God this day.” So the people rescued Jonathan and he did not die. ⁴⁶Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.