1 Samuel 14:42 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 14:42

Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan.” And Jonathan was selected.

BSB

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ASV

And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

KJV

And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 4 (604)

Those who cast lots often discover hidden things through conjectures drawn from visible things. Thus indeed Jonah is identified while fleeing (Jon. 1); thus Matthias the Apostle is found worthy of apostolic eminence (Acts 1). We therefore cast spiritual lots when, through the outward signs of works, we arrive at knowledge of hidden things. For the lot of each person is his own manner of life.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And Jonathan was taken - The object of the inquiry most evidently was, “Who has gone contrary to the king’s adjuration today?” The answer to that must be Jonathan. But was this a proof of the Divine displeasure against the man? By no means: the holy oracle told the truth, but neither that oracle nor the God who gave it fixed any blame upon Jonathan, and his own conscience acquits him. He seeks not pardon from God, because he is conscious he had not transgressed. But why did not God answer the priest that day?

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
שָׁא֔וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
הַפִּ֕ילוּ	ha.Pi.lu	make fall	H5307 →
בֵּינִ֕י	bei.Ni	between me	H996 →
וּבֵ֖ין	u.Vein	and between	H996 →
יוֹנָתָ֣ן	yo.na.Tan	Jonathan	H3129 →
בְּנִ֑י	be.Ni	son my	H1121 →
וַיִּלָּכֵ֖ד	vai.yi.la.Khed	and he was taken by lot	H3920 →
יוֹנָתָֽן׃	yo.na.Tan	Jonathan	H3129 →

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