1 Samuel 14:36-40
1 Samuel 14:36
Then 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.”
1 Samuel 14:37
So 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.
1 Samuel 14:38
Then Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the people, and investigate and see how this sin has happened today.
1 Samuel 14:39
For 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.
1 Samuel 14:40
Then 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.”