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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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FOOD. Hebrew "bread", put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of
Species), App-6, for all kinds of food....
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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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AND THE MEN OF ISRAEL WERE DISTRESSED, &C.— Houbigant renders this
verse in the following manner: _On the same day, after the Israelites
were assembled together, Saul bound them by the following oath,...
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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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_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 THE PE...
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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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The purpose of this 'taboo 'on food was probably to secure by fasting
the continued presence of Jehovah with the victorious army. Israel's
battles were Jehovah's, and Saul's motive, according to the i...
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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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AND THE MEN OF ISRAEL WERE DISTRESSED THAT DAY. — The LXX., between
the 23rd and 24th verses, has a somewhat long addition: “And the
whole people was with Saul, about ten thousand men; and the battle...
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וְ אִֽישׁ ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל נִגַּ֖שׂ בַּ †
יֹּ֣ום...
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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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And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured
the people, saying, (l) 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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Together. Which interpretation is more natural (Calmet) than the
Protestants "where distressed,...for Saul had adjured," &c. (Haydock)
--- Septuagint, "And all the people was with Saul, about 10,000,...
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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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AND THE MEN OF ISRAEL WERE DISTRESSED THAT DAY,.... By reason of the
following order Saul gave with an oath, forbidding any to taste meat
till evening, when the people were faint and weary, which is t...
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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 the...
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_The men of Israel were distressed that day_ With hunger, and
weakness, and faintness, and all by reason of the following rash and
inconsiderate oath, whereby Saul had foolishly adjured them, and to
w...
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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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Saul's Unwise Adjuration...
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And the men of Israel were distressed that day, harassed, thoroughly
wearied; FOR SAUL HAD ADJURED THE PEOPLE, SAYING, CURSED BE THE MAN
THAT EATETH ANY FOOD UNTIL EVENING THAT I MAY BE AVENGED ON MIN...
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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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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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WERE DISTRESSED, with hunger, and weakness, and faintness, thence
arising; and all by reason of the following oath. As Saul's intention
was good, namely, to execute vengeance upon God's and his enemie...
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1 Samuel 14:24 men H376 Israel H3478 distressed H5065 (H8738) day
H3117 Saul H7586 placed H422 people H5971 oath...
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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 14:24 SO SAUL HAD LAID AN OATH. Jonathan,
of course, had not been present at the time.
⇐...
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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 Corinthians 16:22; 1 Samuel 14:27; Deuteronomy 27:15; Joshua 6:17;...
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Distressed — With hunger, and weakness, and faintness, and all by
reason of the following oath. Avenged — As Saul's intention was
good, so the matter of the obligation was not simply unlawful, if it
h...