1 Samuel 14:41

1 Samuel 10:20; 1 Samuel 10:21; Acts 1:24; Jonah 1:7; Joshua 7:16-18; Proverbs 16:33

Related Commentaries of 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.
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 l...
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 Philistin...
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. Se...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Give a perfect lot ] RV 'shew the right.'
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”...
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...
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...
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 deg...
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...
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...
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 p...
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...
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 b...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jonathan Condemned to Die; Jonathan Rescued. B. C. 1067....
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 p...
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 C...
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...
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 diffic...
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 wit...
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, s...
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. Liter...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION JONATHAN 'S DANGER AND DELIVERANCE ( 1 Samuel 14:36-9 ). 1 Samuel 14:36 Let us go down after the Philistines by night....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul's Unwise Adjuration
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot, exemption from punishment, establish the truth. And Saul and Jonathan were take...
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, an...

⁴¹ Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Givek a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 14:41

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 14:41