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AND THE PEOPLE WERE FAINT - Read, “are faint,” the words are part
of the man’s complaint....
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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 ...
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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,...
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STRAITLY. strictly.
FAINT. weary....
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_straitly_ i.e. strictly. Cp. Exodus 13:19; Joshua 6:1.
And the _people were faint_ Better, AND THE PEOPLE ARE FAINT, or
WEARY: words of the speaker, not a comment by the historian....
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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...
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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...
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_THEN ANSWERED ONE OF THE PEOPLE, AND SAID, THY FATHER STRAITLY
CHARGED THE PEOPLE WITH AN OATH, SAYING, CURSED BE THE MAN THAT EATETH
ANY FOOD THIS DAY. AND THE PEOPLE WERE FAINT._
No JFB commentary...
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14:28 faint. (d-29) Or '... this day! And the people were faint.'...
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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...
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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...
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THEN ANSWERED ONE OF THE PEOPLE. — Most probably, in reply to
Jonathan’s pointing out the plentiful supply of honey, and inviting
the soldiers near him to refresh themselves with it. The words “and
th...
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וַ יַּעַן֩ אִ֨ישׁ מֵֽ הָ עָ֜ם וַ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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THEN ANSWERED ONE OF THE PEOPLE, AND SAID,.... To Jonathan, who might
direct and encourage the people to do as he had done, at least so he
did by his example, if not by words; the latter is not improb...
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_His eyes were enlightened_ He was refreshed, and recovered his lost
spirits. This cleared his sight, which was grown dim by hunger and
faintness. _Then answered one of the people_ One of them that ca...
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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...
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Then answered one of the people and said, Thy father straitly charged
the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any
food this day; and the people were, rather, are, FAINT. It was...
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Saul's Unwise Adjuration...
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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...
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FAINT:
Or, weary...
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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...
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ONE OF THE PEOPLE, who came along with Saul, whose forces were now
united with Jonathan s....
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1 Samuel 14:28 one H376 people H5971 said H6030 (H8799) H559 (H8799)
father H1 strictly H7650 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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_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,...
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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...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 14:28 THIS DAY. See v. 1 Samuel 14:24
(“until it is evening”). The day began at sunset....
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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...
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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
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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...
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1 Samuel 14:24; 1 Samuel 14:43...
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People — They that came with Saul, whose forces were now united with
Jonathan's....