cbſerve the Mnrion of the Phil ines. Hebrew Beth is of- we ) Migron, Near Gibeah; See 1/a. 12. 28. |
3 And Ahiaa the fon of Ahitub f, * Ichabods bro- ther, the ſon of Phinchas, the fon of Eli, the LORDS
2 Or, towards ( a tne
waca was anoth-r place, bur Fehap, & Uy
S 4 M 0
the Philiſtines in Samuels days, was not gor by the Sword of Meng
conſults God : who anſwers not : Sanl caſts a lot to find «ut th cauſe: *
=” Chap. XIV | prieſt in Shiloh, wearing an ephod g : and the pzople j knew not that Jonathan was gone. | | f The ſame who is called Abimelech, x Sam. 22: 9, 'I, 20. the High-prieſt, who was here to attend upon the Ark which was brought hithery v. 18. g To wit, the Higu-pricſts Ephod, where- in the Urim and Thummim was.
4 T And berween the paſſages b, by which Jona- than ſought to go over unto the Philiſtines gariſon,cbere as 7 a tharp rock onthe one ſide, and a ſharp rock on the other ſide zz and the name of the one was Bozez. and the name of the other Seneh. |
h So theſe might be two known and common paſſages, bnth 39. 28- v-hich Jonathan muſt croſs, or paſs over to go to the Philifines, b | eween which the following Recks lay. But the words may be rendred thus, In the middle ( for ſo the Hebrew particle Ben,ſicn fies, as 1Ja. 44+ 4+ and beth, in, is underſtood by a very frequen+ E] ips ſis ) of the paſſage ; the Plural Number being pur for the $ ngular, as is frequent. 3 Which is not fo to be underſtood, as if in this paſſage one Rock was on the right hand, and the other on the left; tr to he ſhould have gone be:ween both : and there w.s n' n:<d of climbing up ro them, which is mentioned below, v. 3. But J the nieaning is, That zhe tooth ( or prominency ) of theone rock, ( as
ir is in the Hebrew ) was on the one fide ; i, e. Northward, looking rowards Michmaſh ( the Garifon of the Philiſtines ) and the tooth of the other rock was on the 0rher ſide ; i. e. Southward Jooking rowards Gis beah ( where Saul's Camp lay ) as the next Verſe informs vs: and Jonathan was forced to cumb over theſe two Rocks, becauſe the o+- ther and common ways from one Town to the other, might now be obſtrutted, or were not to fit for his preſent D: ſign, oY
5 The F forefront of the one was ſituate northward t Tom | over againſt Michmaſh, and the other ſouthward o- **** ver againſt Gibeah.
6 And Jonathan ſaid to the young man thatbare his armour, Come, and let us go over uito the gariſon of theſe uncircumciſed &, it may be | that the LORD will work m1 for us : for there is no reſtraint to the LORD + , cho * ro ſave by many, or by few.
k So he calls them, partly in Contempt and principally to ſtrengthen his Faith by this Cor ſideration, That his | Kin were Enemies to God, and withour any hope in God, or help from him; whereas he was Circumciſed and therefore in Covenant with Ged, who was both able, and engaged to afliſt | is per ple. 1 He ſpeaks doubrfully : for though he found and felt himieit Nirred vp by God ro this Exploit, and was affured thar God would 4: liver his people; yet he was not certain that he would doir at this timey and in (his way. 22 Towit, greatand worderful things. n There is no P<r= (on nor Thing whichcan hinder God from thus doing.
7 And his armour-bearer ſaid unto kim, Do all that # 1n thine heart : turn thee 0: behold, 1 am with thee according to thy hearts
o March on to the Enemies.
8 Then faid Jonathan, Behold, we will paſs over
unto theſe men; and we will diſcover our ſelves unto them.
9 If they ſaythus unto us, F Tarry until we come to + Heb: you : then we willſtand ftill in our place, and will nor %#i&- 20 up unco them,
Io But if they fay thus, Come upunto us : then we wiil go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand : and this ſhall be a ſign unto us p.
þ Jonathan riot being aſſured of the Succeis of th $ preſent Exp'oit, * deliies a ſign; and by the inſtin of Gods Spirir as the Succeſs thews, pitcheth upon this. Divers juch beroical Moricns and ex« ftraordinary Impulles there were among great and gocd Men in an= ci:nt Times; as Gen. 24+ 13. Judg, 6. 37. which are nor precedent to us-
11 And both of them diſcovered themſelves unto the gariſon of the Philiſtines : and the Philiſtines {aid, Be- hold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes q, where they had hid themſelves.
| 494 Therefore Jonathan choſe that rocky and unuſual way, that the ' Philifines might tuppoſe they did not come from Saul's Campta fight with them, but rather our of the Caves, and holes ofthe Rocks, fiom which their neceſſi. y had now driven them. 12 And the men of the gariſon anſwered Jonathan i and his armour- bearer, and faid, Come upto us, and we will ſhew you a thing r. ' And Jonathan ſaid unto his armour: bearer, Come up after me, for the LORD | hath detivered them s into the hand of Iſrael. bh | # *e having ſomething 0: Importance to communicate to you. | A ſp<ech of Contempt and Derifion, 5 He piouſly and modeſtly aicrives te Succe's which he now foreſees, to God on'y. 13 And Jouathan climbed up upon his hands, and upon his teer, and his armour-bearer after him t: and
they fell before Jonathan, and his armour-bearer flew after him s.
t The Philiſlines could eaſily have hindred their Aſcent, bue © thought {corn to doit, not queſtioning but they cou'd cut them off in 2 moment whenthey were come up to them according to their Invitat-on. # For being endowed with extraordinary Strergthand Cou:'ge and having with incredible boldnels killed the firlt they mer wth, and lo proceeding with ſucceſs, it is nor ſtrange if the Phil:fines were both aſroniſhed arid intimidated ; God alſo ſtruck chem with a Panick Terror; and withal, Infatuated their Minds, aud poſſivly, pur an Evil Spirir among them, which in this uni-
verſa] Contuſion made them conceive that there was Treachery a» monglt themlieives, and therefore cauſed them ro ſheath their Swords in one anothers Bowels : as appears from v. B86. 29.
2 2 14 And
Cm
14: 18:
SY
DO
Dr, half
acre of nd,
Heb. 4 embling God.
if Gen» 95- 5
| Or, t«- mult,
+ Heb- were cried rogether. T Judg. 7 Vs
2 Chron. "$0.23.
FCh-13. 6.
ap. XIV.
furrow of
Hoſt which was there in the Field.
Ti
ct flaughter which Jonathan and his! de, was about twenty men, within & of oxen
14 And that fi armour-bearer ma 4s it were || an half acre of land, which a yok
might plow. | : 5 And there was trembling x in the hoſt, in the