1 Samuel 14:41 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Givek a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. ”

1 Samuel 14:41 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Give a perfect lot - The phrase is obscure, but the meaning is probably as in the margin.
1 Samuel 14:41 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
1 Samuel 14:41 - 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 14:41 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the LORD . Jehovah. Punctuate thus: "Saul said unto Jehovah: `O God of Israel' ", &c. Give. perfect lot . Give perfections: i.e. Thummim. See Exodus 28:30 . There is evidently. Homceoteleu...
1 Samuel 14:41 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot . And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot - Both the Vulgate and Septuagi...
1 Samuel 14:41 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Give a perfect lot— There is nothing for lot in the original, and our Marginal shew the innocent, is rather an explanation than a version. The following is Houbigant's version: And Saul said u...
1 Samuel 14:41 - 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 14:41 - 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 14:41 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
1 Samuel 14:41 - 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 14:41 - 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 14:41 - 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 14:41 - 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 14:41 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore Saul said to the Lord God of Israel ,.... After the division was made between him and his son on one side, and the people of Israel on the other, and everything was ready for the drawing o...
1 Samuel 14:41 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect [lot]. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. Ver. 41. Give a perfect lot. ] Or, Show the innocent, as Tremelius...
1 Samuel 14:41 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 The...
1 Samuel 14:41 - 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 14:41 - 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 14:41 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Give a perfect lot, or declare (for giving is oft put for declaring or pronouncing , as Deuteronomy 11:29 , Deuteronomy 13:1,2 Pr 9:9 ) the perfect or guiltless person ; i.e. O Lord, so guide...
1 Samuel 14:41 - 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 14:41 - 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 14:41 - 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 14:41 - 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 14:41 - 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 14:41 - 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 14:41 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul's Unwise Adjuration
1 Samuel 14:41 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 10:20 ; 1 Samuel 10:21 ; Acts 1:24 ; Jonah 1:7 ; Joshua 7:16-18 ; Proverbs 16:33
1 Samuel 14:41 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 his matter, and who innocent. Escaped — They were pronounced gui...

1 Samuel 14:41 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:41 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 14:41 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:41 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 14:41 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:41 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 14:41 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 14:41 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:41 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 14:41 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 14:41 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 14:41 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 14:41 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 14:41 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 14:41 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 14:41 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 14:41 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:41 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 14:41 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 14:41 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:41 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 14:41 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 14:41 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 14:41 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 14:41 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 14:41 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 14:41 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 14:41 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes