1 Samuel 14:38

And Saul said, Bring hither all the chiefs of Israel, and know and see by whom this sin has been committed this day.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

In Context

37And Saul inquired of God, If I go down after the Philistines, wilt thou deliver them into the hands of Israel? And he answered him not in that day.

39For as the Lord lives who has saved Israel, if answer should be against my son Jonathan, he shall surely die. And there was no one that answered out of all the people.

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Cross References

Numbers 24:17I will point to him, but not now; 1 I bless him, but he draws not near: 1 A star shall rise out of Jacob, 1 A man shall spring out of Israel; 1 And shall crush the princes of Moab, 1 And shall spoil all the sons of Seth. 1

Joshua 7:14And ye shall all be gathered together by your tribes in the morning, and it shall come to pass that the tribe which the Lord shall show, ye shall bring by families; and the family which the Lord shall show, ye shall bring by households; and the household which the Lord shall show, ye shall bring man by man.

1 Samuel 10:19And ye have this day rejected God, who is himself your Deliverer out of all your evils and afflictions; and ye said, Nay, but thou shalt set a king over us: and now stand before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your families.

Psalms 47:9As we have heard, so have we also seen, 1 In the city of the Lord of hosts, 1 In the city of our God: 1 God has founded it forever. Pause. 1

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 14:37-47

Jonathan Condemned to Die; Jonathan Rescued. ( b. c. 1067.) 36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. 37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day. 38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief… Read the whole commentary →

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