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1 Samuel 14:39-41
New International Version - UK
1 Samuel 14:39-41
New International Version - UK
39 As surely as the Lord who rescues Israel lives, even if the guilt lies with my son Jonathan, he must die.’ But not one of them said a word.
40 Saul then said to all the Israelites, ‘You stand over there; I and Jonathan my son will stand over here.’
‘Do what seems best to you,’ they replied.
41 Then Saul prayed to the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Why have you not answered your servant today? If the fault is in me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the men of Israel are at fault,[a] respond with Thummim.’ Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot, and the men were cleared.
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- 1 Samuel 14:41 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have ‘Why . . . at fault.
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