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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 14:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 14:4 |
Strong Concordance |
And between the passages [04569], by which Jonathan [03129] sought [01245] to go over [05674] unto the Philistines [06430]' garrison [04673], there was a sharp [08127] rock [05553] on the one side [05676], and a sharp [08127] rock [05553] on the other side [05676]: and the name [08034] of the one [0259] was Bozez [0949], and the name [08034] of the other [0259] Seneh [05573]. |
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King James |
And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
between the passages--that is, the deep and great ravine of Suweinit.
Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison--a distance of about three miles running between two jagged points; Hebrew, "teeth of the cliff."
there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side . . . Bozez--("shining") from the aspect of the chalky rock.
Seneh--("the thorn") probably from a solitary acacia on its top. They are the only rocks of the kind in this vicinity; and the top of the crag towards Michmash was occupied as the post of the Philistines. The two camps were in sight of each other; and it was up the steep rocky sides of this isolated eminence that Jonathan and his armorbearer (Sa1 14:6) made their adventurous approach. This enterprise is one of the most gallant that history or romance records. The action, viewed in itself, was rash and contrary to all established rules of military discipline, which do not permit soldiers to fight or to undertake any enterprise that may involve important consequences without the order of the generals. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| (The southern cliff was called "Seneh," or "the acacia," and the same name still applies to the modern valley, dotted by acacias. The northern cliff was named "Bozez" or "Shining." The valley runs nearly due east, and the northern cliff is of ruddy and tawny tint, crowned with gleaming white chalk, and in the full glare of the sun almost all the day. (Conder.)) |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Passages - Two passages, both which Jonathan must cross, to go to the Philistines, between which the following rocks lay, but the words may be rendered, in the middle of the passage, the plural number being put for the singular. Rock - Which is not to be understood, as if in this passage one rock was on the right hand, and the other on the left; for so he might have gone between both: and there was no need of climbing up to them. But the meaning is, that the tooth (or prominency) of one rock, (as it is in the Hebrew) was on the side; that is northward, looking towards Michmash (the garrison of the Philistines) and the tooth of the other rock was on the other side; that is, southward, looking towards Gibeah, (where Saul's camp lay): and Jonathan was forced to climb over these two rocks, because the common ways from one town to the other were obstructed. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The name of the one was Bozez - Slippery; and the name of the other Seneh, treading down. - Targum. |
6 And Jonathan [03083] said [0559] to the young man [05288] that bare [05375] his armour [03627], Come [03212], and let us go over [05674] unto the garrison [04673] of these uncircumcised [06189]: it may be that the LORD [03068] will work [06213] for us: for there is no restraint [04622] to the LORD [03068] to save [03467] by many [07227] or by few [04592].