1 Samuel 14:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day. ”

1 Samuel 14:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Asked counsel - The technical phrase for inquiring of God by Urim and Thummim, and applied also to inquiry of other oracles.
1 Samuel 14:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Samuel 14:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day. He answered him not that day - Why was this ans...
1 Samuel 14:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And Saul asked counsel of God— The people being ready to go down with Saul, the high-priest advised him first to take counsel of God; to which he readily consented. The high-priest, doubtless, had...
1 Samuel 14:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 eat...
1 Samuel 14:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Samuel 14:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And Saul asked counsel of God. — The same phrase is always used in the many passages in the Books of Judges, 1 Sam., 2 Sam., 1 Chron., Hosea, &c. when God was inquired of by the Urim and Thummi...
1 Samuel 14:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XX SAUL'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 app...
1 Samuel 14:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Man Who Wrought with God Rescued 1 Samuel 14:36-52 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 o...
1 Samuel 14:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Samuel 14:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 o...
1 Samuel 14:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Saul asked counsel of God ,.... He agreed to the motion of the high priest, and asked counsel by Urim and Thummim; the Targum is, as before, "inquired by the Word of the Lord:'' shall I go do...
1 Samuel 14:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day. Ver. 37. And Saul asked counsel of God. ] Si...
1 Samuel 14:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let us go down after the Philistines by night Having thus refreshed themselves in the evening, Saul proposes to them to renew the pursuit, hoping to cut off the whole army of the Philistines when t...
1 Samuel 14:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Samuel 14:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jonathan Condemned to Die; Jonathan Rescued. B. C. 1067. 36 And Saul said, Let us go d...
1 Samuel 14:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either, 1. Because he was displeased with Saul for his former neglect, 1 Samuel 14:18,19 , where he began to ask advice of God, but was so rude and impious as not to tarry for an answer; and the...
1 Samuel 14:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 14:36-46 ). This passage ( 1 Sam...
1 Samuel 14:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
1 Samuel 14:37 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
1 Samuel 14:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 safet...
1 Samuel 14:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 Sec...
1 Samuel 14:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION JONATHAN SMITES THE PHILISTINE GAR - BISON ( 1 Samuel 14:1-9 ). 1 Samuel 14:1 Now it came to pass upon a day. Literally, "And there was a day, and Jonathan," etc.; o...
1 Samuel 14:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul's Unwise Adjuration
1 Samuel 14:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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1 Samuel 14:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 14:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 14:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 14:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 14:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 14:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 14:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 14:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 14:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 14:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 14:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 14:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 14:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 14:37 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 14:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 14:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 14:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 14:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 14:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge