41Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
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And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: …
And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. …
And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 36-46)Here is, I. Saul’s boasting against the Philistines. He proposed, as soon as his soldiers had got their suppers, to pursue them all night, and not leave a man of them , 1 Sam. 14:36. Here he showed much zeal, but little discretion; for his army, thus fatigued, could as ill spare a night’s sleep as a meal’s meat. But it is common for rash and foolish men to consider nobody but themselves, and, so t…
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