1 Samuele 14:38

38 Laonde Saulle disse: Accostatevi qua tutte le comunità del popolo; e sappiate, e vediate in che si è oggi commesso questo peccato.

1 Samuele 14:38 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 14:38

And Saul said, draw ye near hither all the chief of the
people
Or, the corners of the peoples ^F7; 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 ( Zechariah 10:4 ) , 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:

and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day;
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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (Meh twnp) "anguli populi", Pagninus, Montanus

1 Samuele 14:38 In-Context

36 Poi Saulle disse: Scendiamo dietro ai Filistei di notte, e saccheggiamoli fino allo schiarir della mattina, e non ne lasciamo scampare alcuno. E il popolo disse: Fa’ tutto ciò che ti piace. Ma il Sacerdote disse: Accostiamoci qua a Dio.

37 Saulle adunque domandò Iddio, dicendo: Scenderò io dietro a’ Filistei? li darai tu nelle mani d’Israele? Ma il Signore non gli diede alcuna risposta in quel dì.

38 Laonde Saulle disse: Accostatevi qua tutte le comunità del popolo; e sappiate, e vediate in che si è oggi commesso questo peccato.

39 Perciocchè, come il Signore che salva Israele vive, avvegnachè quel peccato si trovi in Gionatan, mio figliuolo, egli del tutto ne morrà. E niuno di tutto il popolo gli rispose.

40 Poi disse a tutto Israele: Voi, state da un lato, ed io e Gionatan, mio figliuolo, staremo dall’altro. E il popolo disse a Saulle: Fa’ ciò che ti piace.