the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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1 Samuel 14:18
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Samuel 14:18"> 18 Y Sa�l dijo � Ach�as: Trae el arca de Dios. Porque el arca de Dios estaba entonces con los hijos de Israel.
Y Sa�l dijo a Ah�as: Trae el arca de Dios. Porque el arca de Dios estaba entonces con los hijos de Israel.
Y Sa�l dijo a Ah�as: Trae el arca de Dios. Porque el arca de Dios estaba entonces con los hijos de Israel.
Bible Verse Review
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Bring hither: The Septuagint reads סןףבדבדו פן וצןץה, ןפי בץפןע חסו פן וצןץה ום פח חלוסב וךויםח וםשניןם ףסבחכ. "Bring hither the ephod; for he bore the ephod on that day before Israel," which Houbigant and others think is the true reading. Finding that his son Jonathan and his armour-bearer were absent, Saul wished to consult the high-priest; but the tumult increasing, he says to him, "Withdraw thine hand:" i.e., desist form consulting the ephod on the present occasion, and immediately hastened to make the best use he could of this astonishing victory. 1 Samuel 4:3-5, 1 Samuel 30:8, Numbers 27:21, Judges 20:18, Judges 20:23, Judges 20:27, Judges 20:28, 2 Samuel 11:11, 2 Samuel 15:24-26
For the ark: 1 Samuel 5:2, 1 Samuel 7:1
Reciprocal: Numbers 31:6 - the holy instruments Deuteronomy 20:2 - General Joshua 9:14 - asked not 1 Samuel 13:9 - he offered 1 Samuel 23:6 - an ephod 1 Samuel 23:9 - Bring 1 Kings 22:5 - Inquire 1 Chronicles 13:3 - we inquired
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Saul said unto Ahiah, bring hither the ark of the Lord,.... That he, the high priest, might put on the ephod, with the Urim and Thummim, and inquire by them of the Lord before it, concerning the affair of Jonathan, what he had done, and the agitation that was in the host of the Philistines; so the Septuagint version, "bring the ephod", of which, with the Urim and Thummim, Kimchi interprets it; and ask, whether it was right for him to go out unto them, or continue where he was:
for the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel; and so it always was, except a few months it was in the hands of the Philistines; so it was at Kirjathjearim, where it was last. Jarchi thinks a word is wanting, and to be supplied thus,
"the ark of God was [there] at that time with the children of Israel,''
at Gibeah; perhaps it might be removed first to Gilgal, when Saul and Samuel were there, and when they came to Gibeah it was brought along with them; but the last words may be considered as a distinct clause, and, literally tendered, are, "and the children of Israel": which Abarbinel accounts for thus, and Saul said this,
bring hither the ark of the Lord; and the children of Israel said so likewise, joined with him in it: though the ark had been with Saul, and the people, some time, and also the high priest, yet we do not find that Saul in all his straits and difficulties consulted the Lord before; but perceiving something extraordinary was doing, and might turn to his advantage, he begins to inquire.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For “the ark,” some read “the ephod,” owing to the improbability of the ark being with Saul at this time, and from the verb “Bring hither” being never applied to the ark, but regularly to the ephod 1Sa 23:9; 1 Samuel 30:7. Moreover, not the ark, but the ephod with Urim and Thummim, was the proper instrument for inquiring of the Lord. If, however, the Hebrew text is correct, they must have brought the ark into Saul’s camp from Kirjath-jearim 1 Samuel 7:0, possibly to be safe from the Philistines.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Samuel 14:18. Bring hither the ark of God — He wished to inquire what use he should make of the present favourable circumstances, and to proceed in the business as God should direct.
