38<\/strong>. the chief of the people<\/em> ] Lit. “the corner-stones of the people,” as in Jdg 20:2<\/span>, probably the elders or heads of houses.<\/p>\n wherein this sin hath been<\/em> ] Saul assumes that some undiscovered sin must have caused God to refuse an answer, as Achan’s trespass led Him to withdraw His Presence and abandon Israel to defeat (Jos 7:11-12<\/span>). At a later time Saul’s own sin made God desert Him in the same way (ch. 1Sa 28:6<\/span>; 1Sa 28:15<\/span>). Jonathan’s transgression of the oath, although unintentional, was an offence against the Majesty of the Divine Name which could not be left unnoticed.<\/p>\n All the chief of the people; <\/B>in the name of all the people, that you may be witnesses, and may see where the fault lies. <\/P> <\/p>\n And Saul said, draw ye near hither all the chief of the people<\/strong>,…. Or, the corners of the peoples g; the princes, as Jarchi interprets it: and so the Targum, the heads of the people, in allusion to the cornerstones in buildings, which are the ornament, strength, and cement of them, see Zec 10:4<\/span>, though Abarbinel thinks the tribes themselves are meant, which lay encamped everyone in a corner by themselves, separated from one another; and these he would have brought together; not the heads only, but everyone, small and great, that it might be seen and known where the sin lay; but he should have observed, that the tribes of Israel were not now present with Saul, but a small number of them:<\/p>\n and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day<\/strong>; he concluded, from having no answer from the Lord, that sin had been committed, which was the cause of it; but never thought of his own rash oath, which was the cause of the people’s sinning, and had brought his son into danger; nor the sin of the people in eating the flesh with the blood; nothing ran in his mind but the breach of the oath with which he had adjured the people, and this he was determined to find out, if possible.<\/p>\n g “anguli populi”, Pagninus, Montanus, &c.<\/p>\n (38) Draw ye near hither.<\/strong>Round that rough unfinished altar, in the dark night, King Saul hastily summoned his leading officers and the prominent chiefs of the Israelites who had joined him in the late battle. The word rendered chief of the people (pinnoth<\/em>) <\/em>is literally, corner stones <\/em>(as in Jdg. 20:2<\/span>).<\/p>\n He would ask Gods help in the casting of lots, to discover who of these was the transgressor, whose sin made dumb the Divine Oracle.<\/p>\n 38<\/strong>. <\/strong> Draw ye near hither <\/strong> For the purpose of casting lots. <\/p>\n Chief of the people <\/strong> , corners, <\/em> applied to princes and chief men as corner-stones or pillars of the state. Saul supposed that the blame must lie on some prominent man of his army, and he vowed his death, even should it be Jonathan.<\/p>\n 1Sa 14:38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.<\/p>\n Ver. 38. Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people.<\/strong> ] Heb., The corners: for what the cornerstones are to the building, that the princes are to the people. See Jdg 20:2<\/span> . The Switzers at this day call their chief towns Cantons, that is, corners; and the Greeks of old called their town governors Pagites; the Hebrews, Corners. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.<\/strong> ] He knew it was for some sin that God was so silent, – “we know that God heareth not sinners,” said that blind man in Joh 9:31<\/span> , – and he doubted not but that it was the breach of that oath imposed by himself, but rashly and without reason; which yet he never regretteth.<\/p>\n Draw ye near: 1Sa 10:19, 1Sa 10:20, Jos 7:14-26 <\/p>\n chief: Heb. corners, Num 24:17, Jdg 20:2, 2Sa 18:3, Psa 47:9, Zec 10:4, Mat 21:42, Eph 2:20 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Lev 27:28 – no devoted Jos 7:15 – he that is Isa 19:13 – stay Jon 1:7 – for Joh 5:12 – What<\/p>\n And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. 38. the chief of the people ] Lit. “the corner-stones of the people,” as in Jdg 20:2, probably the elders or heads of houses. wherein this sin hath been ] Saul … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 14:38”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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