撒母耳记上 14:39

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

我指著拯救以色列、永活的耶和華起誓，即使是我的兒子約拿單犯了罪，他也一定要死。”眾人中沒有一人回答他。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
我 指 着 救 以 色 列 ─ 永 生 的 耶 和 华 起 誓 ， 就 是 我 儿 子 约 拿 单 犯 了 罪 ， 他 也 必 死 。 但 百 姓 中 无 一 人 回 答 他 。

Contextual Overview

³⁶ Saul said, "Let's go after the Philistines tonight and rob them. We won't let any of them live!" The men answered, "Do whatever you think is best." But the priest said, "Let's ask God." ³⁷ So Saul asked God, "Should I chase the Philistines? Will you let us defeat them?" But God did not answer Saul at that time. ³⁸ Then Saul said to all the leaders of his army, "Come here. Let's find out what sin has been done today. ³⁹ As surely as the Lord lives who has saved Israel, even if my son Jonathan did the sin, he must die." But no one in the army spoke. ⁴⁰ Then Saul said to all the Israelites, "You stand on this side. I and my son Jonathan will stand on the other side." The men answered, "Do whatever you think is best." ⁴¹ Then Saul prayed to the Lord , the God of Israel, "Give me the right answer." And Saul and Jonathan were picked; the other men went free. ⁴² Saul said, "Now let us discover if it is I or Jonathan my son who is guilty." And Jonathan was picked. ⁴³ Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done." So Jonathan told Saul, "I only tasted a little honey from the end of my stick. And must I die now?" ⁴⁴ Saul said, "Jonathan, if you don't die, may God punish me terribly." ⁴⁵ But the soldiers said to Saul, "Must Jonathan die? Never! He is responsible for saving Israel today! As surely as the Lord lives, not even a hair of his head will fall to the ground! Today Jonathan fought against the Philistines with God's help!" So the army saved Jonathan, and he did not die.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Samuel 14:24, 1 Samuel 14:44, 1 Samuel 19:6, 1 Samuel 20:31, 1 Samuel 22:16, 1 Samuel 28:10, 2 Samuel 12:5, Ecclesiastes 9:2

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:17 - surely Joshua 7:15 - he that is 1 Samuel 14:1 - Jonathan 2 Samuel 14:21 - I have done 1 Kings 1:29 - As the 1 Kings 17:12 - As the Lord 2 Kings 5:20 - as the Lord liveth 1 Chronicles 10:2 - Jonathan Job 27:2 - God liveth Jonah 1:7 - for Matthew 14:9 - the oath's

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel,.... And had saved them that day with a great salvation and had wrought a great deliverance for them in freeing them from the Philistines, who had threatened the ruin of the whole nation. This is the form of an oath:

though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die; that is, though the sin should be found in him, or he should be found guilty of the breach of what he had charged them with an oath to observe, namely, to eat no food that day till evening:

but there was not a man among all the people that answered him; who knew that Jonathan had tasted of honey, but they would not acquaint him with it; partly because they knew he did it ignorantly, having no knowledge of his father's charge and oath, and partly because of their great affection to him, who had been the instrument of their deliverance and salvation that day.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Saul’s rashness becomes more and more apparent. He now adds an additional oath, to bring down yet further guilt in “taking God’s name in vain” The expressions in 1 Samuel 14:36, 1 Samuel 14:40, indicate the fear in which the people stood of Saul. None dared to resist his will.