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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

1 Samuel 14:35

First. Saul begins to exercise himself in acts of religion, which only belonged to a prophet, &c. He thought he might do so in quality of king, thus consecrating a monument of his victory to the God of armies. It was perhaps the very stone on which the oxen had been just before killed for the people. (Calmet)

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See also 1 Samuel 14:35 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 14:35. _SAUL BUILT AN ALTAR_] And this we are informed was _the_ _first_ he had built; Samuel, as prophet had hitherto erected the altars, and Saul thought he had sufficient authority t...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND SAUL BUILT ... - i. e., of the great stone which they had rolled to kill the oxen and sheep upon, he began to build an altar to Yahweh (see the margin); but he did not finish it (compare 1 Chronic...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    The pursuit continued as far as Aijalon. When it stopped, the exhausted people flew upon the cattle and sheep and ate them with the blood, a ritual sin (Genesis 9:4 *, Leviticus 17:10 *), at which Sau...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the same was the first altar_ Lit. "it he began to build as an altar to Jehovah." The E. V. probably gives the right sense. The altar was erected as a thank-offering for the victory. "The great stone...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The sin of the people 31. _from Michmash to Aijalon_ See note on 1 Samuel 14:23....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE SAME WAS THE FIRST ALTAR THAT HE BUILT UNTO THE LORD— In the Margin of our Bibles, _that altar he began to build unto the Lord; i.e_. he laid the first stone himself. Houbigant after the Arabic re...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND SAUL SAID, DISPERSE YOURSELVES AMONG THE PEOPLE, AND SAY UNTO THEM, BRING ME HITHER EVERY MAN HIS OX, AND EVERY MAN HIS SHEEP, AND SLAY THEM HERE, AND EAT; AND SIN NOT AGAINST THE LORD IN EATING...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    14:35 built (a-14) Lit. 'with it he began to build an altar.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BUILT AN ALTAR] to commemorate his victory: cp. Exodus 17:15; Joshua 22:34 or in reference to Joshua 22:33 the word for 'altar' means, properly, 'place for slaughtering.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE SAME WAS THE FIRST ALTAR THAT HE BUILT... — More accurately, as in margin, _the same he began to build as an altar._ The great Jewish commentators are divided as to the precise meaning of the old...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּ֧בֶן שָׁא֛וּל מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַֽ יהוָ֑ה אֹת

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND SAUL BUILT AN ALTAR UNTO THE LORD,.... To offer peace offerings upon, in thankfulness for the victory obtained over his enemies, or sin offerings to make atonement for the sin of the people, perha...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD. Ver. 35. _And Saul built an altar unto the Lord._] That they that would might thereon offer peaceoffer...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Saul built an altar unto the Lord, apparently as a monument of the great victory; THE SAME WAS THE FIRST ALTAR THAT HE BUILT UNTO THE LORD....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Saul's Unwise Adjuration...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THE SAME WAS THE FIRST ALTAR: _ Heb._ that Altar he began to build unto the LORD...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Either for a monument of the victory; or rather, for sacrifice, as the next words imply. THE SAME WAS THE FIRST ALTAR, though he had occasion to do so oft ere this time. So this is quoted as another e...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 14:35 Saul H7586 built H1129 (H8799) altar H4196 LORD H3068 first H2490 (H8689) altar H4196 built...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PEOPLE SIN BY EATING THE BLOOD OF SLAIN BEASTS, AND SAUL ERECTS A PRIMITIVE PLACE FOR SLAUGHTER (1 SAMUEL 14:31). A further consequence of Saul's rash vow is now seen. Having been deprived of food...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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,...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 7:17; 1 Samuel 7:9; 2 Timothy 3:5; Hosea 8:14; Judges 21:4...

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