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1 Samuel 14:44 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 14 · verse 44
And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.1 Samuel 14:44 · King James Version
1 Samuel 14:44 in context
42And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
43Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
44And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
45And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
46Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredʼâmarto sayH559 →
- JonathanYôwnâthânJonathan, the name of ten IsraelitesH3129 →
- surelymûwthto dieH4191 →
- SaulShâʼûwlShaul, the name of an Edomite and two IsraelitesH7586 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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Here is, I. Saul's boasting against the Philistines. He proposed, as soon as his soldiers had got their suppers, to pursue them all night, and not leave a man of them, Sa1 14:36. Here he showed much zeal, but little discretion; for his army, thus fatigued, could as ill spare a night's sleep as a meal's meat.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 36-46