Kings I 14:6

6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour, Come, let us go over to Messab of these uncircumcised, if the Lord may do something for us; for the Lord is not straitened to save by many or by few.

Kings I 14:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 14:6

And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she
came in at the door
Of the room where the prophet was:

that he said, come in, thou wife of Jeroboam, why feignest thou thyself
to be another?
which must greatly surprise and confound her, as well as lay open to her the folly of her and her husband to imagine that she could be secreted from God, and a prophet of his; or that a prophet could tell her what was future, and yet not know her that was present; and this might serve to assure her, and so her husband, that what the prophet after delivered would certainly come to pass:

for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings;
or hard things, such as would be very disagreeable to her and her husband.

Kings I 14:6 In-Context

4 And in the midst of the passage whereby Jonathan sought to pass over to the encampment of the Philistines, there was both a sharp rock on this side, and a sharp rock on the other side: the name of the one Bases, and the name of the other Senna.

5 The one way northward to one coming to Machmas, and the other way southward to one coming to Gabae.

6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour, Come, let us go over to Messab of these uncircumcised, if the Lord may do something for us; for the Lord is not straitened to save by many or by few.

7 And his armour-bearer said to him, Do all that thine heart inclines toward: behold, I with thee, my heart as thy heart.

8 And Jonathan said, Behold, we will go over to the men, and will come down suddenly upon them.

Footnotes

• [a]. 14.6