not one hair, &c. Figure of speech Parcemia. App-6.
rescued. Hebrew pieta. redeemed. See note on Exodus 6:6 with Exodus 13:13. Perhaps. victim was offered in his stead.
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1 Samuel 14:45
45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.