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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

撒母耳记上 14:40

於是掃羅對以色列眾人說:“你們站在這裡,我和我的兒子約拿單站在那邊。”眾民回答掃羅:“你看怎麼好,就怎麼行吧!”

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Zeal, Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Philistines;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Philistia, philistines;   Saul, king of israel;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Philistines;   Saul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Court Systems;   Inquire of God;   Jonathan;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gibeah;   Israel;   Jonathan;   Michmash;   Philistines;   Samuel, Books of;   Saul;   Urim and Thummim;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jonathan ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jonathan;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jon'athan,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Breastplate;   Jephthah;   Justice;   Urim and Thummim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - God;   Oracle;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ban;   Jonathan, Jehonathan;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
扫 罗 就 对 以 色 列 众 人 说 : 你 们 站 在 一 边 , 我 与 我 儿 子 约 拿 单 也 站 在 一 边 。 百 姓 对 扫 罗 说 : 你 看 怎 样 好 就 去 行 罢 !

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

Do what seemeth: 1 Samuel 14:7, 1 Samuel 14:36, 2 Samuel 15:15

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 10:2 - Jonathan Ezekiel 24:6 - let no Acts 23:12 - that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said he unto all Israel,.... As many of them as were present; not the principal men only, but the common people; not the officers only, but the common soldiers in the army:

be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side: so they divided to the right and left, one went one way, and the other the other; there were two boxes or urns, as Kimchi says, in one of which were the names of Saul and Jonathan, and in the other Israel; though Abarbinel observes, that such a partition of them on one side, and the other, is not according to the manner of lots; and he suspects that Saul knew that Jonathan had tasted of honey, being told it by the man that saw him eat it; and who said to him then, "thy father straitly charged", c. 1 Samuel 14:27 but chose this way to make it manifest to the people, and to show what a strict regard he had to justice:

and the people said unto Saul, do what seemeth good unto thee they were very obsequious to him in everything, see 1 Samuel 14:36.


 
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