1 Samuel 14:39

39 Porque vive el SEÑOR que libra a Israel, que aunque la culpa esté en mi hijo Jonatán, ciertamente morirá. Pero nadie, en todo el pueblo, le respondió.

1 Samuel 14:39 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 14:39

For as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel
And had saved them that day with a great salvation and had wrought a great deliverance for them in freeing them from the Philistines, who had threatened the ruin of the whole nation. This is the form of an oath:

though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die;
that is, though the sin should be found in him, or he should be found guilty of the breach of what he had charged them with an oath to observe, namely, to eat no food that day till evening:

but there was not a man among all the people that answered him;
who knew that Jonathan had tasted of honey, but they would not acquaint him with it; partly because they knew he did it ignorantly, having no knowledge of his father's charge and oath, and partly because of their great affection to him, who had been the instrument of their deliverance and salvation that day.

1 Samuel 14:39 In-Context

37 Y consultó Saúl a Dios: ¿Descenderé contra los filisteos? ¿Los entregarás en manos de Israel? Pero El no le contestó en aquel día.
38 Y Saúl dijo: Acercaos aquí todos vosotros, jefes del pueblo, y averiguad y ved cómo este pecado ha acontecido hoy.
39 Porque vive el SEÑOR que libra a Israel, que aunque la culpa esté en mi hijo Jonatán, ciertamente morirá. Pero nadie, en todo el pueblo, le respondió.
40 Entonces dijo a todo Israel: Vosotros estaréis a un lado, y yo y mi hijo Jonatán estaremos al otro lado. Y el pueblo dijo a Saúl: Haz lo que bien te parezca.
41 Saúl entonces dijo al SEÑOR, Dios de Israel: Da suerte perfecta. Y fueron señalados Jonatán y Saúl, pero el pueblo quedó libre.
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