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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 14:39

(39) Though it be in Jonathan my son.—“Were Jonathan himself the transgressor, he [Saul] would not spare his life; and so, feeling inwardly bound by his oath, presses for decision by means of the sacred lot, amid the ominous silence of the horror-stricken people.”—Ewald. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 14:41

(41) Give a perfect lot.—The rendering in the margin, “show the innocent,” is a better and more accurate rendering of the Hebrew. “Give a perfect lot” is the translation given by Rabbi D. Kimchi. Dean Payne Smith observes that “there are few mistakes of the English Version which have not some good authority for them, as King James’ translators were singularly well versed in Jewish literature, while they seem strangely to have neglected the still higher authority of the ancient versions.”In the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 14:43-44

(43, 44) Lo, I must die.—These wild and thoughtless vows are peculiarly characteristic of this half-barbaric period. We have already observed that the age now closing had been peculiarly the age of vows. A similar terrible oath, equalling Saul’s in its rashness, had been taken by Jephthah. It is noticeable that not only Saul, who vowed the vow, but Jonathan, its victim, were convinced that the vow, though perhaps hastily and rashly made, must be kept. “Against both these,” says Erdman in Lange... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 14:46

(46) Then Saul went up from following the Philistines.—Saul recognised now that the fault which caused the oracle of the Urim and Thummim to keep silence was his, and not Jonathan’s. He seems quietly to have acquiesced with Ahijah’s evident reluctance to countenance a public pursuit; he drew off his forces then from the direction of the enemy, and went up, no doubt, to Gibeah; but the power of the Philistines for the time seems to have been utterly broken, and they retreated to their own... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 14:24-51

CHAPTER XXSAUL’S WILFULNESS.1 Samuel 14:24-51.THAT Saul was now suffering in character under the influence of the high position and great power to which he had been raised, is only too apparent from what is recorded in these verses. No doubt he pays more respect than he has been used to pay to the forms of religion. He enjoins a fast on his people at a very inconvenient time, under the idea that fasting is a proper religious act. He is concerned for the trespass of the people in eating their... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Samuel 14:1-52

7. Jonathan’s Heroic Deed of Faith CHAPTER 14 1. Jonathan’s victory (1 Samuel 14:1-23 ) 2. Saul’s adjuration and Jonathan’s deed (1 Samuel 14:24-32 ) 3. Saul’s first altar and unanswered inquiry (1 Samuel 14:33-37 ) 4. Jonathan condemned and saved (1 Samuel 14:38-45 ) 5. Saul’s battle and success (1 Samuel 14:46-48 ) 6. Saul’s family (1 Samuel 14:49-52 ) Jonathan, one of the most beautiful characters of the Bible, with a kindred spirit, his armour bearer, goes forward to attack... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Samuel 14:36

14:36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us {q} draw near hither unto God.(q) To ask counsel from him. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Samuel 14:41

14:41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give {r} a perfect [lot]. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.(r) Cause the lot to fall on him that has broken the oath, but he does not consider his presumption in commanding the same oath. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Samuel 14:45

14:45 And the people said unto Saul, {s} 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.(s) The people thought it their duty to rescue him, who out of ignorance had broken a rash law, and by whom they had received so great a benefit. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 14:1-52

Jonathan had been acting for God at the time Saul had pronounced his prohibition, so that he was not there to hear it. With the end of his rod he dipped honey from a honeycomb. In eating it, his eyes were enlightened, which certainly involves a revival of strength. Honey is typical of the ministry of the Word of God. Just as the worker bees digest the nectar before storing the honey for the use of all the hive, so believers, meditating on the Word, digest it before presenting it to others in... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 14:39

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 14:41

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 14:43-44

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 14:46

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 14:24-51

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Samuel 14:1-52

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Samuel 14:36

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Samuel 14:41

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Samuel 14:45

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 14:1-52

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