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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

撒母耳记上 14:6

約拿單對替他拿武器的僕人說:“來!我們過到這些未受割禮的人的駐軍那裡去,也許耶和華會為我們動工,因為不論人多或人少,都不能妨礙耶和華施行拯救。”

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armor-Bearer;   Faith;   God Continued...;   Jonathan;   Power;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ancient Heroes;   Battle of Life;   Co-Operation;   Courage;   Courage-Fear;   Example;   Faith;   Faith-Unbelief;   Heroes, Ancient;   Inspiration of Example;   Jonathan;   Uncircumcised, the;   Unity-Strife;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Circumcision;   Jews, the;   Philistines, the;   Power of God, the;   Servants;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Philistines;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Circumcision;   Courage;   Jonathan;   Philistia, philistines;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - War, Holy War;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Circumcision;   Garrison;   Philistines;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Asa;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gibeah;   Israel;   Jonathan;   Michmash;   Philistines;   Samuel, Books of;   Urim and Thummim;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Garrison;   Geba ;   Jonathan ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jonathan;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jon'athan,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Armies;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Army;   Samuel, Books of;   Young Men;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Circumcision;   Jonathan, Jehonathan;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
约 拿 单 对 拿 兵 器 的 少 年 人 说 : 我 们 不 如 过 到 未 受 割 礼 人 的 防 营 那 里 去 , 或 者 耶 和 华 为 我 们 施 展 能 力 ; 因 为 耶 和 华 使 人 得 胜 , 不 在 乎 人 多 人 少 。

Contextual Overview

1 One day Jonathan, Saul's son, said to the officer who carried his armor, "Come, let's go over to the Philistine camp on the other side." But Jonathan did not tell his father. 2 Saul was sitting under a pomegranate tree at the threshing floor near Gibeah. He had about six hundred men with him. 3 One man was Ahijah who was wearing the holy vest. (Ahijah was a son of Ichabod's brother Ahitub. Ichabod was the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord 's priest in Shiloh.) No one knew Jonathan had left. 4 There was a steep slope on each side of the pass that Jonathan planned to go through to reach the Philistine camp. The cliff on one side was named Bozez, and the cliff on the other side was named Seneh. 5 One cliff faced north toward Micmash. The other faced south toward Geba. 6 Jonathan said to his officer who carried his armor, "Come. Let's go to the camp of those men who are not circumcised. Maybe the Lord will help us. The Lord can give us victory if we have many people, or just a few." 7 The officer who carried Jonathan's armor said to him, "Do whatever you think is best. Go ahead. I'm with you." 8 Jonathan said, "Then come. We will cross over to the Philistines and let them see us. 9 If they say to us, ‘Stay there until we come to you,' we will stay where we are. We won't go up to them. 10 But if they say, ‘Come up to us,' we will climb up, and the Lord will let us defeat them. This will be the sign for us."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Come: This action of Jonathan's was totally contrary to the laws of war; no military operation should be undertaken without the knowledge and command of the general. But it is highly probable, that this gallant man was led to undertake the hazardous enterprise by an immediate divine impulse; and by the same influence was kept from informing the soldiers, and even from consulting his father, who might have opposed his design.

uncircumcised: 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:36, Genesis 17:7-11, Judges 15:18, 2 Samuel 1:20, Jeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 9:26, Ephesians 2:11, Ephesians 2:12, Philippians 3:3

it may be: 2 Samuel 16:12, 2 Kings 19:4, Amos 5:15, Zephaniah 2:3

for there is no restraint: Where there is a promise of defense and support, the weakest, in the face of the strongest enemy, may rely upon it with the utmost confidence. Deuteronomy 32:30, Judges 7:4-7, 2 Chronicles 14:11, Psalms 115:1-3, Zechariah 4:6, Matthew 19:26, Romans 8:31

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:14 - Is Genesis 34:14 - uncircumcised Leviticus 26:8 - General Numbers 31:4 - a thousand Joshua 5:9 - I rolled away Joshua 14:12 - if so be Joshua 23:10 - One man Judges 1:4 - Lord Judges 7:2 - too many Judges 7:7 - General Judges 14:3 - uncircumcised Judges 15:15 - slew 1 Samuel 7:13 - against 1 Samuel 17:32 - thy 1 Samuel 17:47 - the battle 1 Samuel 26:6 - Who will go 1 Samuel 31:4 - uncircumcised 2 Samuel 1:22 - the bow 2 Samuel 8:6 - garrisons 2 Samuel 10:12 - Be of good 2 Samuel 23:10 - the Lord 2 Samuel 23:14 - garrison 1 Kings 20:11 - Let not him 1 Kings 20:15 - two hundred 1 Chronicles 10:2 - Jonathan 1 Chronicles 10:4 - uncircumcised 1 Chronicles 19:13 - of good 2 Chronicles 20:12 - we have 2 Chronicles 25:8 - God hath power Psalms 44:7 - But Isaiah 37:4 - It may Jeremiah 21:2 - according Acts 10:7 - two

Cross-References

Genesis 14:20
And we praise God Most High, who has helped you to defeat your enemies." Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything he had brought back from the battle.
Genesis 16:7
The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the desert, by the road to Shur.
Genesis 21:21
He lived in the Desert of Paran, and his mother found a wife for him in Egypt.
Genesis 36:8
So Esau lived in the mountains of Edom. (Esau is also named Edom.)
Numbers 10:12
So the Israelites moved from the Desert of Sinai and continued until the cloud stopped in the Desert of Paran.
Numbers 12:16
After that, the people left Hazeroth and camped in the Desert of Paran.
Numbers 13:3
So Moses obeyed the Lord 's command and sent the Israelite leaders out from the Desert of Paran.
Deuteronomy 2:12
The Horites also lived in Edom before, but the descendants of Esau forced them out and destroyed them, taking their place as Israel did in the land the Lord gave them as their own.)
Habakkuk 3:3
God is coming from Teman; the Holy One comes from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covers the skies, and his praise fills the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour,.... A second time, as Abarbinel thinks; the young man giving no answer to him the first time, perhaps through fear, he repeats it, and enlarges upon it for his encouragement:

come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised; as these Philistines were, whereas several of the other nations, though Heathen, were circumcised; as the Edomites, Arabians, and others; and this Jonathan observes to the young man, in hope that they being such the Lord would deliver them into their hand:

it may be that the Lord will work for us; a sign, as the Targum, a miracle, as indeed he did; and of which Jonathan was persuaded in his own mind, though he did not choose to express himself in a confident way; not knowing in what manner, and whether at this time the Lord would appear, and work salvation and deliverance; and yet had a strong impulse upon his mind it would be wrought, and therefore was encouraged to try this expedient:

for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few; he is not limited to numbers, and can easily work salvation by a few as by many. It is no difficult thing to him to save by few, nor can anything hinder him, let the difficulties be what they will, when he has determined to deliver his people.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is remarkable that the epithet “uncircumcised,” used as a term of reproach, is confined almost exclusively to the Philistines. (Compare 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:36; Judges 14:3; Judges 15:18, etc.) This is probably an indication of the long oppression of the Israelites by the Philistines and of their frequent wars.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 14:6. Let us go over — Moved, doubtless, by a Divine impulse.

There is no restraint to the Lord — This is a fine sentiment; and where there is a promise of defense and support, the weakest, in the face of the strongest enemy, may rely on it with the utmost confidence.


 
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