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1 Samuel 14:44
44Saul said, ‘Jonathan, you must surely die! I ask God to kill me if I do not punish you with death.’
1 Samuel 14:44 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
- New International Version (NIV)Saul said, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if you do not die, Jonathan.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Saul said, "God do so to me and more also; you shall surely die, Jonathan."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Saul answered, “God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.”
Context of 1 Samuel 14:44
42Then Saul said, ‘Let the stones show whether it was Jonathan or me.’ The stones chose Jonathan. 43Saul said to Jonathan, ‘Tell me what you have done.’ Jonathan told him, ‘I pushed the end of my stick into some honey. I ate a little bit. You have said that I must die.’ Saul said, ‘Jonathan, you must surely die! I ask God to kill me if I do not punish you with death.’ 45But the soldiers said to Saul, ‘No! Jonathan must not die! He has rescued Israel in battle. As surely as the Lord lives, we promise that he will not lose even one hair on his head. It is God who has helped Jonathan to win the fight today.’ In that way, the army saved Jonathan from death. 46After that, Saul stopped fighting against the Philistines. The Philistines returned to their homes.
Read all of 1 Samuel 141 Samuel 14:44 word by word
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֔וּל כֹּֽה־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֑ף כִּֽי־מ֥וֹת תָּמ֖וּת יוֹנָתָֽן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Samuel 14:44
- 1 Samuel 25:22I pray that God will punish me if I do not kill all the men in Nabal's family by tomorrow morning.’
- Ruth 1:17I will die in the same place that you die. That is where people will bury me. I will stay beside you until death makes us separate. If I ever leave you, the Lord should punish me.’
- 2 Samuel 3:9So I promise you this! Now I will help David to get what the Lord has promised to him. I ask God to punish me if I do not help David!
- 2 Samuel 19:13Also, say to Amasa, “We belong to the same family. I promise you that I will now make you the leader of my army, instead of Joab. I ask God to punish me if I do not do that for you.” ’
- 1 Samuel 14:39The Lord is the one who rescues Israel. As surely as the Lord lives, I promise that I will punish the man who has done this bad thing. Whoever it is must die, even if it is my own son Jonathan.’ But nobody in the army said anything.
- Genesis 38:24Three months later, someone told Judah, ‘Your dead son's wife, Tamar, has become a prostitute and now she is pregnant.’ Judah said, ‘Take her out of the town and burn her to death!’
- 2 Samuel 12:5When David heard what the rich man had done, he became very angry. He said to Nathan, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, that man deserves to die.
- Proverbs 25:16When you find honey, never eat more than you need. If you eat too much, you will become very sick.
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 14:44
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 44And Saul answered - thou shalt surely die, Jonathan - To save thy rash oath! So must John Baptist's head be taken off at the desire of an impure woman, because a Herod had sworn to give her whatever she might request! Unfeeling brute! However, the king was Judge. But what said the people, who were the Jury?Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 36-46Verses 36-46 If God turns away our prayer, we have reason to suspect it is for some sin harboured in our hearts, which we should find out, that we may put it away, and put it to death. We should always first suspect and examine ourselves; but an unhumbled heart suspects every other person, and looks every where but at home for the sinful cause of calamity. Jonathan was discovered to be the offender. Those most indulgent to their own sins are most severe…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-52Saul's actions in this chapter further support his removal as king (1 Samuel 13:8–14; see also 15). Saul was estranged from both Samuel and his brave son Jonathan. 1 Samuel 14 foreshadows Jonathan's important role in the shift from Saul's rule to David's.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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