C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 14:40-41
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1 Samuel14:40-41
1Sa 14:40-41
In order to find out the guilt, or rather the culprit, Saul proceeded to the lot; and for this purpose he made all the people stand on one side, whilst he and his son Jonathan went to the other, and then solemnly addressed Jehovah thus: “God of Israel, give innocence (of mind, i.e., truth). And the lot fell upon Saul and Jonathan (ילּכד, as in 1Sa 10:20-21); and the people went out,” sc., without the lot falling upon them, i.e., they went out free.
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