1 Samuel 14:40

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He said to all Israel, “You shall be on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will be on the other side.” The people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:15

The king’s officials said to the king, “Your servants are ready to do whatever our lord the king decides.”

1 Samuel 1:23

Her husband Elkanah said to her, “Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him; only, may the Lord establish your word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.

1 Samuel 14:36

Then Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and despoil them until the morning light; let us not leave one of them.” They said, “Do whatever seems good to you.” But the priest said, “Let us draw near to God here.”

1 Samuel 14:39

For as the Lord lives who saves Israel, even if it is in my son Jonathan, he shall surely die!” But there was no one among all the people who answered him.

1 Samuel 14:41

Then Saul said, “O Lord God of Israel, why have you not answered your servant today? If this guilt is in me or in my son Jonathan, O Lord God of Israel, give Urim, but if this guilt is in your people Israel, give Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were indicated by the lot, but the people were cleared.

1 Samuel 14:7

His armor-bearer said to him, “Do all that your mind inclines to. I am with you; as your mind is, so is mine.”