1 Samuel 14:36
And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”
And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.
Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines by night, and take plunder among them until the morning light. Let’s not leave a man of them.” They said, “Do whatever seems good to you.” Then the priest said, “Let’s draw near here to God.”
And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Let us go
- Joshua 10:9–14, 19; Jeremiah 6:5
- let us not leave
- 1 Samuel 11:11; Joshua 11:14
- Then said the priest
- It is evident that Ahiah, who had before been interrupted by Saul's impatience, doubted of the propriety of pursuing the Philistines that night, and properly counselled them to enquire of the Lord.
- Numbers 27:21; Psalm 73:28; Isaiah 48:1, 2; Isaiah 58:2; Malachi 2:7; James 4:8