Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Samuel 14:37 - 14:37

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Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Samuel 14:37 - 14:37


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He answered him not that day - Why was this answer delayed? Surely Jonathan’s eating the honey was no sin. This could not have excited God’s displeasure. And yet the lot found out Jonathan! But did this argue that he had incurred guilt in the sight of God? I answer: It did not; for Jonathan was delivered, by the authority of the people, from his father’s rash curse; no propitiation is offered for his supposed transgression to induce God to pardon it; nor do we find any displeasure of God manifested on the occasion. See below.