Then he said to all Israel, “You be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.” The people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.”
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Then he said to all Israel, “You be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.” The people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.”
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Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.
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Then said he unto all Israel: 'Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.' And the people said unto Saul: 'Do what seemeth good unto thee.'
Cross-references (3)
Passages linked to 1 Samuel 14:40 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 14:7 His armor bearer said to him, “Do all that is in your heart. Turn and, behold, I am with you according to your heart.”
- 1 Samuel 14:36 Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines by night, and take plunder among them until the morning light, and let’s not leave a man of them.” They said, “Do whatever seems good to you.” Then the priest said, “Let’s draw near here to God.”
- 2 Samuel 15:15 The king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 14:40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be…
1Sa 14:40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.
Ver. 40. Do what seemeth good unto thee.] So they had said once before. {1Sa 14:36} Silken words must be given to princes as she in the story said. {a} But when Saul spake of putting Jonathan to death, there was first altum silentium {1Sa 14:39} and then an absolute opposition, {1Sa 14:45} and a forcible rescue.
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{a} Plut.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then said he unto all Israel,.... As many of…
Then said he unto all Israel,.... As many of them as were present; not the principal men only, but the common people; not the officers only, but the common soldiers in the army:
be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side: so they divided to the right and left, one went one way, and the other the other; there were two boxes or urns, as Kimchi says, in one of which were the names of Saul and Jonathan, and in the other Israel; though Abarbinel observes, that such a partition of them on one side, and the other, is not according to the manner of lots; and he suspects that Saul knew that Jonathan had tasted of honey, being told it by the man that saw him eat it; and who said to him then, "thy father straitly charged", &c. Sa1 14:27 but chose this way to make it manifest to the people, and to show what a strict regard he had to justice:
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and the people said unto Saul, do what seemeth good unto thee; they were very obsequious to him in everything, see Sa1 14:36.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 40, 41. As God also condemned Saul by…
Vers. 40, 41. As God also condemned Saul by his silence, the Urim and Thummim giving no answer, he places himself and Jonathan on one side, and the people on the other, and determines to cast lots. He then prays, Give a perfect lot, or, as in the margin, "Show" (literally, give) "the innocent." This is undoubtedly the meaning of the Hebrew, while the rendering of the text is taken from Kimchi. There are few mistranslations of the A.V which have not some good Jewish authority for them, as King James"s translators were singularly well versed in Jewish literature, while they seem strangely to have neglected the still higher authority of the ancient versions. These generally translate "Give holiness," a phrase equivalent to "Show the truth." The Septuagint and Vulgate add explanations, which, however, throw no light upon the passage.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Then he said to all Israel
Then he said to all Israel
This was a generalization since only the Israelite soldiers were present. AT: "Then he said to the Israelite soldiers who were there" (See: Hyperbole and Generalization)
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give the Thummim
The Israelites at that time used special stones called the Urim and the Thummim to receive direction from God. AT: "Show us by means of the Thummim" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
Thummim
This is a borrowed word from the original language. (See: Copy or Borrow Words)
Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot, but the army was exonerated
This can be stated in active form. AT: "The lots indicated that either Jonathan or Saul was guilty, but the army was not guilty" (See: Active or Passive)
Then Jonathan was taken by lot
This can be stated in active form. AT: "Then the lot indicated that Jonathan was guilty" (See: Active or Passive)
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