1 Samuel 14:36-39

Context
14:36 Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines at night; we will rout¹ them until the break of day.² We won’t leave any of them alive!”³ They replied, “Do whatever seems best to you.”⁴ But the priest said, “Let’s approach God here.” 14:37 So Saul asked God, “Should I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?” But he did not answer him that day.

14:38 Then Saul said, “All you leaders of the army come here. Find out⁵ how this sin occurred today. 14:39 For as surely as the Lord, the deliverer of Israel, lives, even if it turns out to be my own son Jonathan, he will certainly die!” But no one from the army said anything.⁶

[14:36] ¹tn Heb “plunder.”

[14:36] ²tn Heb “until the light of the morning.”

[14:36] ³tn Heb “and there will not be left among them a man.”

[14:36] ⁴tn Heb “all that is good in your eyes.” So also in v. 40.

[14:38] ⁵tn Heb “know and see.”

[14:39] ⁹tn Heb “and there was no one answering from all the army.”