Verse 1 Samuel 14:45. _AND THE PEOPLE SAID_] "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 gro...
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 ...
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...
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....
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...
_there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground_ See 2 Samuel 14:11; 1 Kings 1:52; Matthew 10:30; Luke 21:18;...
AND THE PEOPLE SAID UNTO SAUL— Lowman, speaking of the authority of the congregation or general assembly of the people of Israel, observes, that "like the popular assemblies of other governments, they...
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...
_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 HAT...
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...
RESCUED] Heb. 'ransomed.' This does not mean that another person was killed in Jonathan's place. The ransom paid might be the life of an animal or a sum of money (1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Samuel 13:15). 47-5...
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...
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...
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...
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 h...
_The people, directed probably by the high priest, who pronounced the oath null. (Salien) --- Ground. He shall not be hurt. (Menochius) --- With God. He has been visibly "the minister of God's mercy....
(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...
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...
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...
AND THE PEOPLE SAID UNTO SAUL,.... Hearing such words, and filled with grief, pity, and sympathy for Jonathan, as Josephus k observes: SHALL JONATHAN DIE, WHO HATH WROUGHT THIS GREAT SALVATION IN ISR...
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 ha...
_Thou shalt surely die, Jonathan_ This again was most rashly spoken. Saul, however, seems to have been influenced by a real fear of God, and certainly is to be commended for having a greater regard to...
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...
Saul's Unwise Adjuration...
And the people, rousing themselves from their attitude of apparent indifference and silent submission at last, SAID UNTO SAUL, SHALL JONATHAN DIE, WHO HATH WROUGHT THIS GREAT SALVATION IN ISRAEL? They...
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...
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...
WITH GOD, i.e. in concurrence with God, or by God's help he had wrought this salvation. God is so far from being offended with Jonathan, as thou apprehendest, that he hath graciously owned and assiste...
1 Samuel 14:45 people H5971 said H559 (H8799) Saul H7586 Jonathan H3129 die H4191 (H8799) accomplished H6213 ...
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)...
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...
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...
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....
_And the people said unto Saul, shall Jonathan die._ RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE This historical fact was recorded for our instruction; and teaches us that when a people properly remonstrate against the un...
_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,...
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...
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
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
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...
1 Corinthians 3:9; 1 Kings 1:52; 1 Samuel 14:23; 1 Samuel 19:5;...
With God — In concurrence with God, he hath wrought this salvation. God is so far from being offended with Jonathan, that he hath graciously owned him in the great service of this day....