1 Samuel 14:36–42

³⁶Then Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them.” And they said, “Do whatever seems good ¹to you.” So ^athe priest said, “Let us draw near to God here.”

³⁷Saul ^ainquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But ^bHe did not answer him on that day.

³⁸Saul said, “^aDraw near here, all you ¹chiefs of the people, and investigate and see how this sin has happened today.

³⁹“For ^aas the Lord lives, who delivers Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But not one of all the people answered him.

⁴⁰Then he said to all Israel, “You shall be on one side and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.” And the people said to Saul, “Do what seems good ¹to you.”

⁴¹Therefore, Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, “^aGive a perfect lot.” And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped.

⁴²Saul said, “Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son.” And Jonathan was taken.