And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
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Gill's Exposition
And Saul answered, God do so and more also,.... A form of an oath imprecating evils upon him more and greater than he chose to mention, see the like form in Rut 1:17, though Abarbinel thinks this is…
Adam Clarke
And 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…
Here is, I. Saul's boasting against the Philistines. He proposed, as soon as his soldiers had got their suppers, to pursue them all night, and not leave a man of them, Sa1 14:36. Here he showed much…
The consequence of Jonathan's transgression
36. Let us draw near hither unto God Ahijah checks Saul's impulse, reminding him that it was necessary first to ascertain the will of God. Perhaps he felt…
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