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1 Samuel 14:45

And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has worked with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, so that he died not.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

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. "(Septuagint) 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. (Grotius, Jur. ii. 13, 6.) (Calmet)

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