1 Samuel 14:1

And it came about, on a certain day, that Jonathan son of Saul said unto the young man bearing his armour: Come! and let us pass over unto the garrison of the Philistines, that is on the other side, yonder! but, to his father, he told it not.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father.

In Context

2Now, Saul, was tarrying in the uttermost part of Gibeah, under the pomegranate tree that is in Migron,—and, the people that were with him, were about six hundred men;

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Cross References

Judges 14:6And the Spirit of Yahweh, came suddenly over him, and he tore it in pieces as if he had torn in pieces a kid, there being, nothing at all, in his hand,—but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.

1 Samuel 13:2Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel, of whom there were with Saul, two thousand in Michmash and in the hill-country of Bethel, and, a thousand, were with Jonathan, in Gibeah of Benjamin,—but, the rest of the people, he let go, every man to his own home.

1 Samuel 14:39For, by the life of Yahweh, who saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, yet shall he, die. But there was none ready to answer him, of all the people.

1 Samuel 25:19And she said to her young men—Pass on before me, behold me coming after you; but, to her husband, Nabal, told she nothing.

2 Samuel 1:25How have fallen the mighty, in the midst of the battle! Jonathan, on thy high places, slain!

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 14:1

We 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 cut off by the army of the Philistines; yet here we find that infinite power which works without means, and that infinite goodness which gives without merit, glorified in a happy turn to their affairs, that still Samuel's words may be made good: "The Lord will not forsake his people, for his great name's… Read the whole commentary →

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