42. Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan!” Jonathan was indicated by lot.
43. So Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” Jonathan told him, “I used the end of the staff that was in my hand to taste a little honey. I must die!”
44. Saul said, “God will punish me severely if Jonathan doesn’t die!”
45. But the army said to Saul, “Should Jonathan, who won this great victory in Israel, die? May it never be! As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground! For it is with the help of God that he has acted today.” So the army rescued Jonathan from death.
46. Then Saul stopped chasing the Philistines, and the Philistines went back home.