1 Samuel 14:1, Jonathan goes and miraculously smites the Philistine’s garrison; 1 Samuel 14:15, A divine terror makes them beat themselves; 1 Samuel 14:17, Saul, not staying the priest’s answer, sets on them; 1 Samuel 14:21, The captivated Hebrews, and the hidden Israelites, join against them; 1 Samuel 14:24, Saul’s unadvised adjuration hinders the victory; 1 Samuel 14:31, He restrains the people from eating blood; 1 Samuel 14:35, He builds an altar; 1 Samuel 14:37, Jonathan, taken by lot, is save by the people; 1 Samuel 14:47, Saul’s victories, strength, and family.
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1 Samuel 14
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1 Samuel 14 — Overview1 Samuel 14 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe left the host of Israel in a very ill posture, in the close of the
foregoing chapter; we saw in them no wisdom, nor strength, nor
goodness, to give us ground to expect any other than that they should
all be…1 Samuel 14 — Overview1 Samuel 14 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter gives an account of an adventure of Jonathan and his armourbearer smiting a garrison of the Philistines, 1Sa 14:1, which with other circumstances struck terror into the whole army; which being observed by…1 Samuel 14:1-151 Samuel 14:1-15 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe must here take notice,
I. Of the goodness of God in restraining the Philistines, who had a
vast army of valiant men in the field, from falling upon that little
handful of timorous trembling people that Saul…1 Samuel 14:1-521 Samuel 14:1-52 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
JONATHAN SMITES THE PHILISTINE GAR-BISON (1 Samuel 14:1-15).
1 Samuel 14:1
Now it came to pass upon a day. Literally, "And there was a day, and Jonathan," etc.; or, as we should say, And it happened one…1 Samuel 14:1-521 Samuel 14:1-52 · The Pulpit CommentaryIII. IN MANIFESTING HIS FAITHFULNESS TO HIS PEOPLE GOD PERMITS THE IMPERFECT TO SHARE IN THE BLESSINGS PROCURED BY THE MORE PERFECT. Primarily, it was God's compassion for Israel and his covenant with Abraham that must…1 Samuel 14:11 Samuel 14:1 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeam 2917, bc 1087, An, Ex, Is 404
it came to pass upon a day: or, there was a day
Jonathan: 1 Samuel 14:39-45, 1 Samuel 13:2, 1 Samuel 13:22, 1 Samuel 18:1-4; 2 Samuel 1:4-5, 2 Samuel 1:25-26
he told not: 1 Samuel…