1 Samuel 14:39

39 ¡El SEÑOR y Salvador de Israel me es testigo de que, aun si el culpable es mi hijo Jonatán, morirá sin remedio!Nadie se atrevió a decirle nada.

1 Samuel 14:39 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 14:39

For as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel
And had saved them that day with a great salvation and had wrought a great deliverance for them in freeing them from the Philistines, who had threatened the ruin of the whole nation. This is the form of an oath:

though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die;
that is, though the sin should be found in him, or he should be found guilty of the breach of what he had charged them with an oath to observe, namely, to eat no food that day till evening:

but there was not a man among all the people that answered him;
who knew that Jonathan had tasted of honey, but they would not acquaint him with it; partly because they knew he did it ignorantly, having no knowledge of his father's charge and oath, and partly because of their great affection to him, who had been the instrument of their deliverance and salvation that day.

1 Samuel 14:39 In-Context

37 Saúl entonces le preguntó a Dios: «¿Debo perseguir a los filisteos? ¿Los entregarás en manos de Israel?» Pero Dios no le respondió aquel día.

38 Así que Saúl dijo:—Todos ustedes, jefes del ejército, acérquense y averigüen cuál es el pecado que se ha cometido hoy.

39 ¡El SEÑOR y Salvador de Israel me es testigo de que, aun si el culpable es mi hijo Jonatán, morirá sin remedio!Nadie se atrevió a decirle nada.

40 Les dijo entonces a todos los israelitas:—Pónganse ustedes de un lado, y yo y mi hijo Jonatán nos pondremos del otro.—Haga lo que le parezca —respondieron ellos.

41 Luego le rogó Saúl al SEÑOR, Dios de Israel, que le diera una respuesta clara. La suerte cayó sobre Jonatán y Saúl, de modo que los demás quedaron libres.