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Verse 1 Samuel 14:42. _AND JONATHAN WAS TAKEN._] The object of the
inquiry most evidently was, "Who has gone contrary to the king's
_adjuration_ today?" The answer to that _must_ be JONATHAN. But was...
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7. JONATHAN'S HEROIC DEED OF FAITH
CHAPTER 14
_ 1. Jonathan's victory (1 Samuel 14:1)_
2. Saul's adjuration and Jonathan's deed (1 Samuel 14:24)
3. Saul's first altar and unanswered inquiry ...
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The next episode strikingly illustrates the primitive religious faith
and practice of Israel. Saul proposed to make a night-attack upon the
Philistines, and asked the priest to obtain an oracle as to...
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_And Saul said_, &c. Again the Sept. text is fuller. "And Saul said,
Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son: whomsoever the Lord taketh
by lot, let him die. And the people said unto Saul, This thing...
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The consequence of Jonathan's transgression
36. _Let us draw near hither unto God_ Ahijah checks Saul's impulse,
reminding him that it was necessary first to ascertain the will of
God. Perhaps he fel...
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Saul's Ill-advised Oath. 1 Samuel 14:24-46
24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had
adjured the people, saying, Cursed _be_ the man that eateth _any_ food
until evening, that I...
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_AND SAUL SAID, DISPERSE YOURSELVES AMONG THE PEOPLE, AND SAY UNTO
THEM, BRING ME HITHER EVERY MAN HIS OX, AND EVERY MAN HIS SHEEP, AND
SLAY THEM HERE, AND EAT; AND SIN NOT AGAINST THE LORD IN EATING...
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JONATHAN'S EXPLOIT. THE BATTLE OF MICHMASH. A SUMMARY OF SAUL'S REIGN
3. Ahiah] RV 'Ahijah,' probably merely another form of Ahimelech (1
Samuel 21:1). Melech (king) was one of the titles of Jah or J...
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 14
V1 A young man carried Jonathan’s *armour. Jonathan was Saul’s
son. One day, Jonathan said to the young man, ‘Let us go across to
the *Phil...
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CHAPTER XX
_ SAUL'S WILFULNESS._
1 Samuel 14:24.
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 f...
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THE MAN WHO WROUGHT WITH GOD RESCUED
1 Samuel 14:36
In this case the voice of the people was the voice of God. If a man
dares to stand alone with God, he cannot be put to shame. If he says
of the Lor...
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Here we have a picture of Saul, with a part of the army about him,
remaining idle in Gibeah. His son Jonathan moved to action by his
sense of the degradation of his people, and his conviction of the
s...
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_Jonathan was taken. Though Jonathan was excused from sin, through
ignorance of the prohibition, yet God was pleased on this occasion to
let the lot fall upon him, to shew to all, the great obligation...
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(24) В¶ And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had
adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food
until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of...
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We have already seen that the desire and deliberate decision of the
people for a king was a direct blow at the government of God in
Israel; but the time was come to permit the will of the people to ha...
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But faith in God is always blest; and if God has shewn the effect of
unbelief, He also shews its folly, since wherever faith is found,
there all His strength is displayed; and then it is the enemy who...
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AND SAUL SAID, CAST [LOTS] BETWEEN ME AND JONATHAN MY SON,..... Which
showed his regard strict justice, and that he had no consciousness of
guilt in himself, and should not spare his own son if found...
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_And Saul said, Cast [lots] between me and Jonathan my son. And
Jonathan was taken._
Ver. 42. _And Jonathan was taken._] Not in answer to Saul's prayers,
which God valued not. But, (1.) To show that...
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_Give a perfect lot_ Or, _Declare the perfect_, or _guiltless_ person.
That is, O Lord, so guide the lot, that it may discover who is guilty
in this matter, and who innocent. _The people escaped_ They...
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1 Ionathan, vnwitting to his father, the Priest, or the people, goeth
and miraculously smiteth the Philistines garrison.
15 A diuine terrour maketh them beate themselues.
17 Saul not staying the Pri...
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Saul's Unwise Adjuration...
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And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan, my son. And Jonathan
was taken, discovered as the one on whom, in Saul's opinion, rested
the fault....
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The Philistines seemed content to intimidate Israel with their
tremendous show of strength, rather than to attack Saul. One man,
however, is not to be intimidated. Jonathan, in the face of Philistine...
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36-46 If God turns away our prayer, we have reason to suspect it is
for some sin harboured in our hearts, which we should find out, that
we may put it away, and put it to death. We should always firs...
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God so ordered the lot; not that he approved Saul's execration, 1
SAMUEL 14:24, or his oath that the transgressor should die, 1 SAMUEL
14:39, nor that he would expose Jonathan to death; (for he design...
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1 Samuel 14:42 Saul H7586 said H559 (H8799) Cast H5307 (H8685) son
H1121 Jonathan H3129 Jonathan H3129 taken...
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CONTINUATION OF THE DEFEAT OF THE PHILISTINES BY RAIDING THEIR
TERRITORY IS ABORTED AND JONATHAN IS NEARLY EXECUTED, AND ALL DUE TO
SAUL'S FOOLISH CURSE (1 SAMUEL 14:36).
This passage (1 Samuel 14:1)...
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1 Samuel 14
These were evil days for the people of Israel. But it was in these
dark days that Jonathan shone so famous. It is yet true that
difficulties prove our mettle, and that the greater the har...
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CONTENTS: Jonathan's great victory over the Philistines.
CHARACTERS: God, Jonathan, armor-bearer, Saul, Ahiah, Abner.
CONCLUSION: Let this strengthen the weak and encourage the timid, that
no matter...
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1 Samuel 14:2. _Under a pomegranate tree._ רמן _Rimmon,_ a rock in
the tribe of Judah. Joshua 15:32; Judges 20:47. This reading agrees
best with the position of Saul's army, in a place of safety....
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_And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured
the people._
GREAT ISSUES HANG ON A KING’S RASH WORD
One little sentence, spoken in a moment of passion by King Henry the
Second,...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 14:1 This chapter focuses on Saul’s son
Jonathan, who will become a friend of David. Jonathan’s act of trust
in this chapter is sandwiched between two examples of Saul’s
diso...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 14:41 GIVE URIM.... GIVE THUMMIM.... CAST
THE LOT. The Urim and Thummim (or just Urim) are mentioned also in
Exodus 28:30;...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES
1 Samuel 14:18. “BRING HITHER THE ARK OF GOD.” “Many expositors,
thinking it extremely improbable that the ark had been removed from
Kirjath-jearim, where it was afterwa...
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EXPOSITION
JONATHAN'S DANGER AND DELIVERANCE (1 Samuel 14:36-9).
1 SAMUEL 14:36
LET US GO DOWN AFTER THE PHILISTINES BY NIGHT. Saul, conscious that he
had prevented the victory f
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EXPOSITION
JONATHAN SMITES THE PHILISTINE GAR-BISON (1 Samuel 14:1).
1 SAMUEL 14:1
NOW IT CAME TO PASS UPON A DAY. Literally, "And there was a day, and
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Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to
the young man that bear his armour, Come, and let us go over to the
Philistines' garrison on the other side. But he did not tell h...
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Jonathan — God so ordered the lot; not that he approved Saul's
execration, 1 Samuel 14:24, or his oath that the transgressor should
die, 1 Samuel 14:39, nor that he would expose Jonathan to death; but...