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1 Samuel 14:1

Pada suatu hari Yonatan bin Saul berkata kepada bujang pembawa senjatanya: "Mari kita menyeberang ke dekat pasukan pengawal orang Filistin yang di sebelah sana." Tetapi tidak diberitahukannya hal itu kepada ayahnya.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Garrison;   Jonathan;   Thompson Chain Reference - Philistines;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Arms, Military;   Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Philistines;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Palestine;   Philistia, philistines;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - War, Holy War;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Garrison;   Philistines;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Phurah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gibeah;   Israel;   Jonathan;   King;   Michmash;   Philistines;   Pomegranate;   Samuel, Books of;   Saul;   Urim and Thummim;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Garrison;   Jonathan ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jonathan;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mich'mas;   Phu'rah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jonathan;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Armor;   Hill;   Jonathan (2);   Michmash;   Samuel, Books of;   War;   Young Men;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jonathan, Jehonathan;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Pada suatu hari Yonatan bin Saul berkata kepada bujang pembawa senjatanya: "Mari kita menyeberang ke dekat pasukan pengawal orang Filistin yang di sebelah sana." Tetapi tidak diberitahukannya hal itu kepada ayahnya.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka pada sekali peristiwa, yaitu pada suatu hari, kata Yonatan, putera Saul, kepada biduanda yang memikul senjatanya: Mari kita menyerang akan kawal orang Filistin yang di sebelah sana; maka tiada diberinya tahu hal itu kepada ayahnya.

Contextual Overview

1 Then on a time Ionathan the sonne of Saul sayde vnto his young man that bare his harnesse: Come, & let vs go ouer to the Philistines garison that are yonder on the other syde: and he tolde not his father. 2 And Saul taried in the vttermost part of Gibea vnder a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were vpo a sixe hundred men. 3 And Ahia the sonne of Ahitob, Ichabods brother, the sonne of Phinehesthe sonne of Eli, was the Lordes priest in Silo, and ware an Ephod: And the people wist not that Ionathan was gone. 4 And in the middes of the passage by which Ionathan sought to go ouer vnto the Philistines garison, there was a sharpe rocke on the one syde, & a sharpe rocke on the other syde: the one called Bozez, and the other Sene. 5 The forefront of the one leaned northwarde towarde Michmas, & the other was southward toward Gibea. 6 And Ionathan sayd to the young man that bare his harnesse: Come, and let vs go ouer vnto the garison of these vncircumcised, it may be that the Lorde will worke with vs: for it is no hardnesse with the Lord to saue either in manie or in fewe. 7 And his harnesse bearer said vnto him, Do all that is in thyne heart: Go where it pleaseth thee, behold I am with thee as thyne heart lusteth. 8 Then sayd Ionathan: Beholde, we go ouer vnto these men, and shall shewe our selues vnto them. 9 Yf they say on this wyse to vs, Tarie vntil we come to you: then we wil stand still in our place, & not go vp vnto them. 10 But and if they say, Come vp vnto vs: then we wil go vp, for the Lorde hath deliuered them into our handes: And this shalbe a signe vnto vs.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 2917, bc 1087, An, Ex, Is 404

it came to pass upon a day: or, there was a day

Jonathan: 1 Samuel 14:39-45, 1 Samuel 13:2, 1 Samuel 13:22, 1 Samuel 18:1-4, 2 Samuel 1:4, 2 Samuel 1:5, 2 Samuel 1:25, 2 Samuel 1:26

he told not: 1 Samuel 25:19, Judges 6:27, Judges 14:6, Micah 7:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:27 - a wolf 1 Samuel 13:3 - the garrison 1 Samuel 13:23 - passage 1 Samuel 31:2 - Jonathan 2 Samuel 8:6 - garrisons 2 Samuel 23:14 - garrison 1 Chronicles 9:39 - and Saul 1 Chronicles 18:13 - garrisons

Cross-References

Genesis 10:22
The chyldren of Sem: Elam, and Assur, Arpharad, and Lud, and Aram.
Genesis 11:2
And when they went foorth from the east, they founde a playne in the lande of Sinar, and there they abode.
Isaiah 11:11
At the same time shall the Lord take in hande agayne to recouer the remnaunt of his people, whiche shalbe left aliue from the Assirians, Egyptians, Arabians, Morians, Elamites, Chaldees, Antiochians, & from the Ilandes of the sea,
Isaiah 21:2
A greeuous vision was shewed vnto me: let one deceiptfull offendour come agaynst another, and one destroyer agaynst another: Up Elam, lay siege thou of Media, all their gronyng haue I layde downe.
Isaiah 22:6
Elam bare the quiuer with a charret of footmen and horsemen, and the citie of Kir shewed the shielde open.
Isaiah 37:12
Were the people of the gentiles whom my progenitours conquered, deliuered at any tyme through their gods? [As namely] Gosan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden, which were at Thalassar?
Jeremiah 25:25
All the kinges of Zimri, al the kinges of Elam, all the kinges of the Medes,
Ezekiel 32:24
There is Elam also, with all his people rounde about his graue: which all being slaine & fallen with the sworde, are gone downe vncircumcized vnder the earth, which neuerthelesse sometime brought feare into the lande of the lyuing: they beare their owne shame, with the other that be gone downe to the graue.
Daniel 1:2
And the Lord deliuered Iehoachim the king of Iuda into his hande, with part of the vessels of the house of God, which he caried away into the lande of Sennar to the house of his God, and he brought the vessels into his gods treasurie.
Zechariah 5:11
And he saide vnto me: Into the land of Sinnaar to builde it an house, & it shal be established, & set there vpon her owne place.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now it came to pass upon a day,.... At a certain time, a little after the garrison of the Philistines had made the movement, 1 Samuel 13:23 and it is not to be taken strictly for the day time; for it is probable it was in the night that the following proposal was made, and began to be carried into execution; for Josephus k says it was day light when Jonathan and his armourbearer came to the camp of the Philistines; he had formed his scheme perhaps the night before, and he and his man set out in the night time, and by break of day came up to the garrison, as after related:

that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour; as was usual in those times for generals of armies to have such, and so in later times; such were Automedon to Achilles, and Achates to Aeneas, as Grotius observes:

come and let us go over to the Philistine garrison that is on the other side; that is, go over the valley which lay between Michmash and Gibeah, to the Philistines, that lay on the other side the valley beyond it; and so was not in it, but at a pass on the hills, at the bottom of which this valley lay, and could be seen at a distance, and pointed at with the finger, as Jarchi notes:

but he told not his father; lest he should disapprove of his project, and hinder him from pursuing it; and had not his spirit been stirred up to this by the Lord, of which he was fully persuaded, he would have acted not only a rash part, but contrary to military discipline, in engaging in an enterprise without the knowledge and direction of his general; unless we can suppose he had all unlimited commission from his father to attack the enemy, at discretion, at any time, and any where.

k Antiqu. l. 6. c. 6. sect. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now ... - Rather “and,” since this verse is in immediate dependence upon the preceding. When Jonathan saw the garrison come out again and again, in defiance “of the armies of the living God,” at length “upon a day” he determined to attack them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XIV

Jonathan and his armour-bearer purpose to attack a garrison of

the Philistines, 1.

Saul and his army, with Ahiah the priest, tarry in Gibeah, 2, 3.

Jonathan plans his attack of the Philistine garrison, 4-10.

He and his armour-bearer climb over a rock: attack and rout the

garrison, 11-15.

Saul and has company, seeing confusion on the Philistine host,

come out against them; as did the men who had hidden

themselves; and the Philistines are defeated, 16-23.

Saul lays every man under a curse who shall eat food until the

evening; in consequence of which the people are sorely

distressed, 24-26.

Jonathan, not hearing the adjuration, eats a little honey, which

he found on the ground, 27-30.

The Philistines being defeated, the people seize on the spoil,

and begin to eat flesh without previously bleeding the animals,

which Saul endeavours to prevent, 31-34.

He builds an altar there, 35.

Inquires of the Lord if he may pursue the Philistines by night,

but receives no answer, 36, 37.

Attributes this to some sin committed by some unknown person:

makes inquiry by lot; and finds that Jonathan had tasted the

honey, on which he purposes to put him to death, 38-44.

The people interpose, and rescue Jonathan, 45.

Saul fights against the Moabites, Ammonites, and Amalekites,

46-48.

An account of the family of Saul, 49-52.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIV

Verse 1 Samuel 14:1. Come, and let us go over — This action of Jonathan 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 likely that he was led to this by a Divine influence.

The armour-bearer is the origin of what we call esquire, from escu, old French, a shield; armiger is the Latin, from arma, weapons, and gero, I bear. In the times of chivalry, the armiger, or esquire, was the servant of the knight who went after him, and carried his lance, shield, &c. It is now (strange to tell!) a title of honour.


 
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