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The people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God today!” So the people rescued Jonathan, so he didn’t die.
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Verse 45. The people, directed probably by the high priest, who pronounced the oath null. Salien.—Ground. He shall not be hurt. Menochius.—With God. He has been visibly “the minister of God’s mercy.” Sept.—Die. They obtained his pardon. They ought not to have permitted the king’s oath to be put in execution, as it was so horribly unjust. Grot. Jur. ii. 13. 6. Calmet.
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