1. 1 Samuel 14:1 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What was an armour-bearer?

1 Samuel 14:1 (ESV)

1 One day Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the Philistine garrison on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.

Armour-bearers in ancient time had to be very brave and loyal. The lives of their masters depended upon them (see 1 Samuel 31:4–6).1