1 Samuel 14:9-22
they Gen 24:13-14; Judg 6:36-40 Tarry Heb. Be still this shall be a sign 1Sam 10:7; Gen 24:14; Judg 7:11; Isa 7:11-14 out of the holes 1Sam 14:22, 1Sam 13:6; Judg 6:2 Come up to us Meaning, that they would cause them to repent of their audacity. This was the favourable sign which Jonathan had requested. 1Sam 14:10, 1Sam 17:43-44; 2Sam 2:14-17; 2Kgs 14:8 Come up after me Gen 24:26-27, Gen 24:42, Gen 24:48; Judg 4:14, Judg 7:15; 2Sam 5:24 climbed up Ps 18:29; Heb 11:34 fell Lev 26:7-8; Deut 28:7, Deut 32:30; Josh 23:10; Rom 8:31 an half acre of land or, half a furrow of an acre of land, The original is obscure and variously understood; but it is probably a proverbial expression for a small space. 1Sam 14:14 there was trembling Josh 2:9; Judg 7:21; 2Kgs 7:6-7; Job 18:11; Ps 14:5 the spoilers 1Sam 13:17, 1Sam 13:23 the earth quaked Exod 19:18; Matt 24:6, Matt 27:50-51 very great trembling Heb. trembling of God, Gen 35:5; Lev 26:36-37; 2Sam 5:24; Dan 5:6; God will in some way or other direct the steps of those who acknowledge him in all their ways, and seek unto him for direction with full purpose of heart. Sometimes we find most comfort in that which is least our own doing, and into which we have been led by the unexpected, but well observed, turns of Providence. melted away Ps 58:7, Ps 68:2 beating down 1Sam 14:20; Judg 7:22; 2Chr 20:22-25; Isa 19:2 Bring hither The Septuagint reads Προσαγαγε το εφουδ, οτι αυτος ηρε το εφουδ εν τη ημερα εκεινη ενωπιον Ισραηλ. "Bring hither the ephod; for he bore the ephod on that day before Israel," which Houbigant and others think is the true reading. Finding that his son Jonathan and his armour-bearer were absent, Saul wished to consult the high-priest; but the tumult increasing, he says to him, "Withdraw thine hand:" i.e., desist form consulting the ephod on the present occasion, and immediately hastened to make the best use he could of this astonishing victory. 1Sam 4:3-5, 1Sam 30:8; Num 27:21; Judg 20:18, Judg 20:23, Judg 20:27-28; 2Sam 11:11, 2Sam 15:24-26 For the ark 1Sam 5:2, 1Sam 7:1 noise or, tumult Withdraw 1Sam 14:24, 1Sam 13:11; Josh 9:14; Ps 106:13; Isa 28:16 assembled themselves Heb. were cried together every man's 1Sam 14:16; Judg 7:22; 2Chr 20:23; Isa 9:19-21, Isa 19:2 the Hebrews Probably such as they held in bondage, or who were their servants. Instead of (haivrim) "the Hebrews," the LXX evidently read haavdim, for they have οι δουλοι, "the slaves;" but this reading is not countenanced by any other version, nor by any manuscript 1Sam 29:4; Judg 7:23 hid themselves 1Sam 13:6, 1Sam 31:7 the battle The LXX and Vulgate add here, και πας ο λαος ην μετα Σαουλ ως δεκα χιλιαδες ανδρων, Et erant cum Saul, quasi decem millia virorum. "And (all the people who were, LXX) there were with Saul about ten thousand men;" but this is supported by no other authority.
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