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HATH TROUBLED - The same word as was applied to Achan Joshua 7:25, and
gave its name to the valley of Achor. This additional reference to
Joshua is remarkable (compare 1 Samuel 14:24)....
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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 (1 Sam...
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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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LAND. people. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6....
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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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SEE—HOW MINE EYES HAVE BEEN ENLIGHTENED, BECAUSE I TASTED—
_See—how my eyes have_ {_sparkled_ / _shone_} _since I tasted._
Waterland....
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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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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 *Phili...
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MY FATHER HATH TROUBLED THE LAND. — In other words, “My father’s
ill-considered vow has done-grave harm to us in Israel. Had he not
weakened the people, by hindering them from taking the needful
refre...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ יֹֽונָתָ֔ן עָכַ֥ר אָבִ֖י
אֶת ־הָ אָ֑רֶץ רְאוּ ־נָא֙ כִּֽי
־אֹ֣רוּ עֵינַ֔י כִּ֣י...
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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 wit...
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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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Then said Jonathan, My father hath (o) troubled the land: see, I pray
you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of
this honey.
(o) By making this cruel law....
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_Land. Chaldean, "the people of the land." (Menochius) --- He speaks
his sentiments freely. But we ought not to find fault, in public, with
the conduct of the prince. (Calmet) --- The people might hav...
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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 SAID JONATHAN, MY FATHER HATH TROUBLED THE LAND,.... The people
of the land, as the Targum, the soldiers in his army; afflicted and
distressed them, and made them uneasy in their minds, like trou...
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Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you,
how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this
honey.
Ver. 29. _My father hath troubled the land._] _Iuv...
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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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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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THE LAND, i.e. the people of the land, the whole army, whom by this
rash oath he hath greatly injured. The zeal of defending himself makes
him run into the other extreme of accusing his father, and th...
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1 Samuel 14:29 Jonathan H3129 said H559 (H8799) father H1 troubled
H5916 (H8804) land H776 Look H7200 (H8798) countenance H5869
brightened H215 (H8804) tasted H2938 (H8804) little H4592 honey H1706
M...
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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...
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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.
1 S...
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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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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 afterw...
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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
Jonathan," etc.; or, as we should say, And it...
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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 Kings 18:18...