Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
1 Samuel 14:30
How. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
How. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
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,...
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...
_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...
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...
אַ֗ף כִּ֡י לוּא֩ אָכֹ֨ל אָכַ֤ל הַ יֹּום֙
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...
(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...
HOW MUCH MORE, IF HAPLY THE PEOPLE HAD EATEN FREELY TODAY OF THE SPOIL OF THEIR ENEMIES WHICH THEY FOUND?.... That is, had they been, allowed eat freely of the provisions, of bread, wine, c. they foun...
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? Ver. 30. _How muc...
_How much more if the people had eaten freely_ They would have been able to pursue them more swiftly, and to have done greater execution upon them, than they could when they were faint. Thus men, by t...
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...
How much more, if haply, by any means, THE PEOPLE HAD EATEN FREELY TODAY OF THE SPOIL OF THEIR ENEMIES WHICH THEY FOUND? FOR HAD THERE NOT BEEN NOW A MUCH GREATER SLAUGHTER AMONG THE PHILISTINES? Had...
Saul's Unwise Adjuration...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
1 Samuel 14:30 much H637 better H3863 people H5971 eaten H398 (H8804) freely H398 (H8800) today H3117 spoil...
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...
Ecclesiastes 9:18...