And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
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Gill's Exposition
And the people said unto Saul,.... Hearing such words, and filled with grief, pity, and sympathy for Jonathan, as Josephus (k) observes:
shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in…
Adam Clarke
And the people said - "Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid! As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground." Here was a…
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…
Cambridge Bible
there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground See 2Sa 14:11; 1Ki 1:52; Mat 10:30; Luk 21:18; Act 27:34.
he hath wrought with God Compare Jonathan's own words in 1Sa 14:14.
the people rescued…
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