Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 14:43

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 ) .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 14:43 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 14:43

Then Saul said to Jonathan, tell me what thou hast done
What sin he had committed, the lot having fallen on him, and found him out:

and Jonathan told him;
the whole of the matter, all the truth, without any reserve:

and said, I did but take a little honey with the end of the rod
that was in mine hand;
he speaks of the fact as a trivial thing, as if it was not deserving of death, though he was willing to submit to it; yet it seems strange he should say nothing of his ignorance of the charge and oath of Saul, and plead that in excuse of it; though Josephus ^F8 makes him to take notice of it: and, "lo, I must die"; am condemned to die, as the Targum; for which he was prepared and ready, being willing to testify an entire subjection to his father's authority and will. Josephus ^F9 represents him speaking with a generosity and greatness of soul, after this manner,

``death is most sweet to me, which is for the sake of maintaining thy piety and religion; and after so glorious a victory, it is the greatest consolation to me to leave the Hebrews conquerors of the Philistines.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 6. sect. 4.
F9 lbid.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 14:43 In-Context

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 ) .

44 Sǎoluó shuō , Yuēnádān nǎ , nǐ déng yào sǐ . ruò bù rán , yuàn shén chóngchóng dì jiàng fá yǔ wǒ .

45 Bǎixìng duì Sǎoluó shuō , Yuēnádān zaì Yǐsèliè rén zhōng zhèyàng dà xíng zhĕngjiù , qǐ kĕ shǐ tā sǐ ne . duànhūbùkĕ . wǒmen zhǐ zhe yǒngshēng de Yēhéhuá qǐshì , lián tāde yī gēn tóufa yĕ bùkĕ luō dì , yīnwei tā jīnrì yǔ shén yītóng zuò shì . yúshì bǎixìng jiù Yuēnádān miǎn le sǐwáng .