And all [they of] the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
Ver. 25. And there was honey upon the ground.] Wild honey (such as John Baptist fed on) dropping from the trees, where wild bees left it, and frequently fought with wild bears that there sought and sucked it.
Verse 1 Samuel 14:25. _THERE WAS HONEY UPON THE GROUND_] There were many wild bees in that country, and Judea is expressly said to be a land flowing with milk and _honey_....
ALL THEY OF THE LAND - literally, all the land, probably meaning all those named in 1 Samuel 14:21, who now flocked to the wood as a rendezvous....
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 ...
In order to propitiate Yahweh and secure His continued assistance, Saul had laid a solemn taboo upon the people, forbidding them to take food till nightfall. Then there was honeycomb upon the ground,...
THE GROUND. Hebrew "the face (i.e. surface) of the ground". Figure of speech _Pleonasm._ App-6....
Jonathan's breach of Saul's rash oath 24. _were distressed that day: for Saul_, &c. Render, AND THE MEN OF ISRAEL WERE DISTRESSED THAT DAY. AND SAUL CAUSED THE PEOPLE TO SWEAR, &c. Seeing the fatigued...
Saul's Ill-advised Oath. 1 Samuel 14:24-46 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...
_AND ALL THEY OF THE LAND CAME TO A WOOD; AND THERE WAS HONEY UPON THE GROUND._ All they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey. The honey is described as "upon the ground," 'dropping' from...
14:25 ground. (c-17) Lit. 'on the face of the field.'...
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...
ALL _they of_ THE LAND] Heb. 'all the land.' Saul's success had made all the country rise against the foreigners....
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...
AND ALL THEY OF THE LAND CAME TO A WOOD. — In the wilder parts of the land the old woods were not yet cleared. There seems to have been once in that favoured land an abundance of woods. AND THERE WAS...
וְ כָל ־הָ אָ֖רֶץ בָּ֣אוּ בַ †...
CHAPTER XX _ SAUL'S WILFULNESS._ 1 Samuel 14:24. THAT Saul was now suffering in character under the influence of the high position and great power to which he had been raised, is only too apparent f...
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...
_Ground. Even still travellers perceived the smell of honey very frequently in that country. (Maundrell) --- The people use honey almost in every sauce and in every repast. Virgin assures us, that "be...
(24) В¶ 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...
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...
AND ALL THEY OF THE LAND CAME TO A WOOD,.... Which lay between Bethaven and Aijalon; by whom are meant not all the inhabitants of the land of Israel, but all that came with Saul and Jonathan, and that...
_All they of the land_ The six hundred that were with Saul, and who were now engaged in the pursuit of the Philistines, are chiefly intended here. Many others, however, from different parts of the nei...
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...
Saul's Unwise Adjuration...
And all they of the land, namely, those who had now joined the forces of Saul, CAME TO A WOOD, into a forested section of the hills; AND THERE WAS HONEY UPON THE GROUND, flowing down in streams from t...
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...
24-35 Saul's severe order was very unwise; if it gained time, it lost strength for the pursuit. Such is the nature of our bodies, that daily work cannot be done without daily bread, which therefore ou...
ALL THEY OF THE LAND, Heb. _all the land_, i.e. the people of the land; as it is explained below, 1 SAMUEL 14:29; and so the word is taken GENESIS 41:57. All the Israelites who were with Saul....
1 Samuel 14:25 land H776 came H935 (H8804) forest H3293 honey H1706 on H6440 ground H7704 all they -...
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...
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....
_And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people._ GREAT ISSUES HANG ON A KING’S RASH WORD One little sentence, spoken in a moment of passion by King Henry the Second,...
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 9:28; Exodus 3:8; Matthew 3:4; Matthew 3:5; Numbers 13:27...