1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 14 Jonathan and his armour-bearer secretly smite the Philistines army; they slay one another, 1 Samuel 14:1-15; which being perceived, 1 Samuel 14:16,17, Saul pursueth the Philistines, the captivated and hidden Israelites join in the pursuit, 1 Samuel 14:18-23. Saul adjureth the people not to eat any thing till evening. Jonathan eateth honey: the Philistines are smitten, 1 Samuel 14:24-31. The people eat flesh with the blood: Saul restraineth them, and buildeth an altar, 1 Samuel 14:32-35. Design to pursue the Philistines by night, he consults God, who answers not: he casts a lot to find out the cause: Jonathan is taken: Saul dooms him to die: the people rescue him, 1 Samuel 14:36-45. Saul's wars, sons, daughters, wife, 1 Samuel 14:46-52. This was a rash and foolish attempt, if it be examined by common rules; but not so, if we consider the singular promises made to the Israelites, that one should chase a thousand, &c., and especially the heroical and extraordinary motions which were then frequently put into the minds of gallant men by God's Spirit, whereby they undertook and accomplished noble and wonderful things; as did Samson, and David, and his worthies. On the other side; beyond that rocky passage described below, 1 Samuel 14:4,13, which he pointed at with his hand. He told not his father, lest he should hinder him in so improbable an enterprise. Nor was it necessary he should inform him of it, because he had a commission from his father to fight when he saw occasion, as he had done without his father's privity, 1 Samuel 13:3.
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1 Samuel 14:1
1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father.