Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 14:52
And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: (z) and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
(z) As Samuel had forewarned in (1 Samuel 8:11).
And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: (z) and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
(z) As Samuel had forewarned in (1 Samuel 8:11).
Verse 1 Samuel 14:52. _WHEN SAUL SAW ANY STRONG MAN_] This was very politic. He thus continued to recruit his army with strong and effective men....
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 ...
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish.App-14._ VALIANT MAN. Hebrew son of valour. HE TOOK HIM. As Samuel had said (1 Samuel 8:11; 1 Samuel 8:16)....
_he took him_ to serve in his permanent corps of picked soldiers (1 Samuel 13:4)....
Summary account of Saul's wars and family 47. _So Saul took the kingdom_ The various wars undertaken by Saul whom the people elected king "to go out before them and fight their battles" are here summa...
_Saul's Other Battles and His Family._ 1 Samuel 14:47-52 47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, an...
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...
ALL THE DAYS OF SAUL. — Although after the rout of Michmash the Philistines were driven out of their fastnesses in the land of Israel back into their own coast districts, yet all through the reign of...
וַ תְּהִ֤י הַ מִּלְחָמָה֙ חֲזָקָ֣ה עַל ־פְּלִ
THE MAN WHO WROUGHT WITH GOD RESCUED 1 Samuel 14:36 In this case the voice of the people was the voice of God. If a man dares to stand alone with God, he cannot be put to shame. If he says of the Lor...
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...
REFLECTIONS PAUSE over this chapter, my soul, and mark, in the history of Saul, the sure consequences of rebellion against God. The word of the Lord assures us, that, when a man's ways please the Lor...
(47) В¶ So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and a...
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 THERE WAS SORE WAR AGAINST THE PHILISTINES ALL THE DAYS OF SAUL,.... For notwithstanding the late victory over them, and slaughter made among them, they recovered themselves, and came out again to...
And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him. Ver. 52. _And when Saul saw any strong man._] _Robustu...
_When Saul saw any strong man, he took him_ That is, when he saw any one behave well in battle, or of great strength, he took him into his band to be near to him on all occasions, and to go out to bat...
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...
And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul; and, for this reason, WHEN SAUL SAW ANY STRONG MAN OR ANY VALIANT MAN, who would probably make a good soldier, HE TOOK HIM UNTO HIM...
Saul's Campaigns...
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...
47-52 Here is a general account of Saul's court and camp. He had little reason to be proud of his royal dignity, nor had any of his neighbours cause to envy him, for he had but little enjoyment after...
Into his service, or army....
1 Samuel 14:52 fierce H2389 war H4421 Philistines H6430 days H3117 Saul H7586 Saul H7586 saw H7200 (H8804) stron
FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT SAUL AND HIS LEADING GENERAL WHO WAS RELATED TO HIM (1 SAMUEL 14:49). Saul's ancestry was given in 1 Samuel 9:1. Now we are given his family details, after which we are also give...
A SUMMARY OF SAUL'S EARLIER REIGN AND ITS SUCCESSES AND OF HIS CLOSE FAMILY (1 SAMUEL 14:47). Having demonstrated both Saul's partial success, mainly through the faith of Jonathan, and his partial fai...
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...
1 Samuel 14:47. “SO SAUL TOOK THE KINGDOM.” “As Saul had first of all secured a recognition of himself as king on the part of all the tribes of Israel by his victories over the Ammonites at Jabesh (1...
EXPOSITION JONATHAN'S DANGER AND DELIVERANCE (1 Samuel 14:36-9). 1 SAMUEL 14:36 LET US GO DOWN AFTER THE PHILISTINES BY NIGHT. Saul, conscious that he had prevented the victory f
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 8:1; 1 Samuel 8:11...