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An Appeal for Divine Justice
Commentators explain that Saul's prayer, 'Give a perfect lot,' is more accurately translated as 'Show the innocent.' Saul was appealing to God's sovereignty to reveal the guilty party through the casting of lots. The result, which implicated Saul and Jonathan, demonstrated God's direct answer to this appeal.
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1 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 14:41
18th Century
Theologian
Give a perfect lot — The phrase is obscure, but the meaning is likely as noted in the margin.
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 14:41
19th Century
Bishop
Give a perfect lot. —The rendering in the margin, show the innocent, is a better and more accurate rendering of …
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 14:41
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore Saul said to the Lord God of Israel
After the division was made between him and his son on one side, and t…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 14:36–46
17th Century
Minister
If God turns away our prayer, we have reason to suspect it is for some sin harboured in our hearts, which we should find out, that we may put it aw…