45 But the people said to Saul: “Is Jonʹa·than to die, who has performed this great salvation+ in Israel? It is unthinkable!+ As Jehovah is alive,+ not as much as a single hair+ of his head will fall to the earth; for it was with God that he worked this day.”+ With that the people redeemed+ Jonʹa·than, and he did not die.

6 Hence he said to his men: “It is unthinkable, on my part, from Jehovah’s standpoint, that I should do this thing to my lord, the anointed*+ of Jehovah, by thrusting out my hand against him, for he is the anointed of Jehovah.”+