“Please,” she replied, “swear by the LORD your God that no one will be allowed to kill my son!” He said, “I swear by the living LORD that no one will touch even a hair on his head!”
Look at the birds in the sky! They don't plant or harvest. They don't even store grain in barns. Yet your Father in heaven takes care of them. Aren't you worth more than birds?
“No!” the soldiers shouted. “God helped Jonathan win the battle for us. We won't let you kill him. We swear to the LORD that we won't let you kill him or even lay a hand on him!” So the army kept Saul from killing Jonathan.