Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 14:41

41 Sǎoluó dǎogào Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén shuō , qiú nǐ zhǐshì shí qíng . yúshì chèqiā chè chū Sǎoluó hé Yuēnádān lái . bǎixìng jǐn dōu wú shì .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 14:41 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 14:41

Therefore Saul said to the Lord God of Israel
After the division was made between him and his son on one side, and the people of Israel on the other, and everything was ready for the drawing of the lot; Saul put up to God the following petition, as knowing that though the lot is cast into the lap, the disposing of it is of the Lord:

give a perfect lot;
or man, let it fall upon the guilty person, and let the innocent go free; the Targum is,

``cause it to come in truth;''

let truth and righteousness take place; let the right man be found out, and taken; the petition seems to be too arrogant and presumptuous, and insinuates as if the Lord did not always dispose the lot aright:

and Saul and Jonathan were taken;
the lot being cast, it fell upon them:

but the people escaped;
from the lot, and appeared to be innocent, clear of any blame; so that it was not the sin they had been guilty of, in eating flesh with the blood, which was the cause that no answer was returned.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 14:41 In-Context

39 Wǒ zhǐ zhe jiù Yǐsèliè yǒngshēng de Yēhéhuá qǐshì , jiù shì wǒ érzi Yuēnádān fàn le zuì , tā yĕ bì sǐ . dàn bǎixìng zhōng wú yī rén huídá tā .

40 Sǎoluó jiù duì Yǐsèliè zhòngrén shuō , nǐmen zhàn zaì yī bian , wǒ yǔ wǒ érzi Yuēnádān yĕ zhàn zaì yī bian . bǎixìng duì Sǎoluó shuō , nǐ kàn zĕnyàng hǎo jiù qù xíng ba .

41 Sǎoluó dǎogào Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén shuō , qiú nǐ zhǐshì shí qíng . yúshì chèqiā chè chū Sǎoluó hé Yuēnádān lái . bǎixìng jǐn dōu wú shì .

42 Sǎoluó shuō , nǐmen zaì chèqiā , kàn shì wǒ , shì wǒ érzi Yuēnádān , jiù chè chū Yuēnádān lái .

43 Sǎoluó duì Yuēnádān shuō , nǐ gàosu wǒ , nǐ zuò le shénme shì . Yuēnádān shuō , wǒ shízaì yǐ shǒu lǐ de zhàng , yòng zhàng tóu zhàn le yídiǎn mì cháng le yī cháng . zhèyàng wǒ jiù sǐ ma ( ma huò zuò ba ) .