Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Samuel 14:23
The battle, i.e. the warriors who were engaged in the battle, and were pursuing and fighting with the Philistines.
The battle, i.e. the warriors who were engaged in the battle, and were pursuing and fighting with the Philistines.
7. JONATHAN'S HEROIC DEED OF FAITH CHAPTER 14 _ 1. Jonathan's victory (1 Samuel 14:1)_ 2. Saul's adjuration and Jonathan's deed (1 Samuel 14:24) 3. Saul's first altar and unanswered inquiry ...
1 Samuel 14:16. The Israelites observe the confusion among the Philistines, and find that Jonathan and his armour-bearer are missing. Saul proposes to obtain an oracle by means of the ephod. (Thus wit...
THE LORD (JEHOVAH) SAVED: according to Jonathan's faith. UNTO. Some codices, with Aramaean and Vulgate, read "as far as". BETH-AVEN. The Septuagint adds: "and all the people with Saul were about 10,...
_So the Lord saved Israel_ Cp. Exodus 14:30; 2 Chronicles 32:22. _unto Beth-aven_ Saul crossed the valley from Geba to Michmash, and drove the Philistines back in a north-westerly direction to Beth-av...
The rout of the Philistines 16. _in Gibeah of Benjamin_ If _Tuleil-el-Fûl_is the true site of the town of Gibeah, we must either suppose that Gibeah is here used of the surrounding district, or read...
_Jonathan's Surprise Attack on the Philistines._ 1 Samuel 14:1-23 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over t...
_SO THE LORD SAVED ISRAEL THAT DAY: AND THE BATTLE PASSED OVER UNTO BETHAVEN._ So the Lord saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven - i:e., Beth-el. It passed over the forest,...
JONATHAN'S EXPLOIT. THE BATTLE OF MICHMASH. A SUMMARY OF SAUL'S REIGN 3. Ahiah] RV 'Ahijah,' probably merely another form of Ahimelech (1 Samuel 21:1). Melech (king) was one of the titles of Jah or J...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 14 V1 A young man carried Jonathan’s *armour. Jonathan was Saul’s son. One day, Jonathan said to the young man, ‘Let us go across to the *Phil...
SO THE LORD SAVED ISRAEL... — The identical words used at the Red Sea, after the deliverance of the people from Egypt. So the battle rolled westward through Beth-aven, past city and village, over Moun...
וַ יֹּ֧ושַׁע יְהוָ֛ה בַּ † יֹּ֥ום הַ...
CHAPTER XIX. _ JONATHAN'S EXPLOIT AT MICHMASH._ 1 Samuel 14:1. IT has sometimes been objected to the representation occurring at the end of the thirteenth chapter of the utter want of arms among the...
VICTORY SHADOWED BY SAUL'S ERRORS 1 Samuel 14:16 Saul's unwise prohibition had a terrible sequel: first, in the exhaustion of his troops; and, second, in the rushing of the hungry upon the spoil with...
Here we have a picture of Saul, with a part of the army about him, remaining idle in Gibeah. His son Jonathan moved to action by his sense of the degradation of his people, and his conviction of the s...
CHAPTER XIV. _ Bethaven. They pursued the stragglers thither, as well as to Aialon, ver. 31. (Haydock)_...
(20) And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. ...
We have already seen that the desire and deliberate decision of the people for a king was a direct blow at the government of God in Israel; but the time was come to permit the will of the people to ha...
But faith in God is always blest; and if God has shewn the effect of unbelief, He also shews its folly, since wherever faith is found, there all His strength is displayed; and then it is the enemy who...
SO THE LORD SAVED ISRAEL THAT DAY, c] And a wonderful salvation it was, that two men should throw such a vast army into confusion, which issued in the utter rout and destruction of them this only coul...
So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven. Ver. 23. _So the Lord saved Israel._] Immediately, and for no merit of theirs. See 1 Samuel 14:20 ....
_The Lord saved Israel that day_ Their deliverance was evidently effected by him, and that by means very extraordinary, and such as could have produced no such effect without his almighty power workin...
1 Ionathan, vnwitting to his father, the Priest, or the people, goeth and miraculously smiteth the Philistines garrison. 15 A diuine terrour maketh them beate themselues. 17 Saul not staying the Pri...
So the Lord saved Israel that day, it was an obvious display of His power; AND THE BATTLE PASSED OVER UNTO BETH-AVEN, it continued, at least for a large part of the army, in a northeasterly direction....
THE PHILISTINES DEFEATED...
The Philistines seemed content to intimidate Israel with their tremendous show of strength, rather than to attack Saul. One man, however, is not to be intimidated. Jonathan, in the face of Philistine...
16-23 The Philistines were, by the power of God, set against one another. The more evident it was that God did all, the more reason Saul had to inquire whether God would give him leave to do any thing...
1 Samuel 14:23 LORD H3068 saved H3467 (H8686) Israel H3478 day H3117 battle H4421 shifted H5674 (H8804) Aven...
SAUL'S MEN ARE HINDERED BY A RASH OATH MADE BY SAUL, WHILE JONATHAN WHO KNEW NOTHING OF IT BREAKS THE OATH (1 SAMUEL 14:23 A). The contrast between the spiritually dead ritualist and the true man of f...
YHWH BRINGS ABOUT THE DEFEAT OF THE PHILISTINES (1 SAMUEL 14:15). We must not underestimate the beliefs of ancient peoples in omens. This comes out in that regularly battles were decided by champions...
1 Samuel 14 These were evil days for the people of Israel. But it was in these dark days that Jonathan shone so famous. It is yet true that difficulties prove our mettle, and that the greater the har...
CONTENTS: Jonathan's great victory over the Philistines. CHARACTERS: God, Jonathan, armor-bearer, Saul, Ahiah, Abner. CONCLUSION: Let this strengthen the weak and encourage the timid, that no matter...
1 Samuel 14:2. _Under a pomegranate tree._ רמן _Rimmon,_ a rock in the tribe of Judah. Joshua 15:32; Judges 20:47. This reading agrees best with the position of Saul's army, in a place of safety....
_Come, and let us go over to the Philistine garrison._ JONATHAN’S EXPLOIT AT MICHMASH It is evident that, Saul had no thought at this time of making an attack on the Philistines. How could he, wish s...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 14:1 This chapter focuses on Saul’s son Jonathan, who will become a friend of David. Jonathan’s act of trust in this chapter is sandwiched between two examples of Saul’s diso...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 14:23 BEYOND BETH-AVEN. This battle seems to have driven the Philistines from the central mountain areas. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 1 Samuel 14:18. “BRING HITHER THE ARK OF GOD.” “Many expositors, thinking it extremely improbable that the ark had been removed from Kirjath-jearim, where it was afterwa...
EXPOSITION JONATHAN SMITES THE PHILISTINE GAR-BISON (1 Samuel 14:1). 1 SAMUEL 14:1 NOW IT CAME TO PASS UPON A DAY. Literally, "And there was a day, and
Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man that bear his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison on the other side. But he did not tell h...
1 Samuel 13:5; 2 Kings 14:27; Exodus 14:30; Hosea 1:7; Judges 2:18;...
The battle — That is, the warriors who were engaged in the battle, and were pursuing the Philistines. Yet it is said, the Lord saved Israel that day: he did it by them: for without him they could do n...