Bible Lesson: 1 Samuel 14

Bible Lesson

Read 1 Samuel 14

Two things we learnt from 1 Samuel 14:

1. God does not need a multitude to win a battle. He can save and deliver by many or few – vs 6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lordwill work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few.
2. It is not advisable to place curses, as the victim may be from your household. Saul put a curse that anyone who eats before the Philistines are defeated would die – vs 24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.
3. Jonathan, his son, was unaware of this curse and unknowingly tasted honey, which also strengthened him on the battlefield.
4. Jonathan was condemned to death when Saul discovered his son had violated the curse. But the people of Israel saved Jonathan.