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Saul’s rashness becomes more and more apparent. He now adds an
additional oath, to bring down yet further guilt in “taking God’s
name in vain” The expressions in 1 Samuel 14:36, 1 Samuel 14:40,
indica...
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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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The next episode strikingly illustrates the primitive religious faith
and practice of Israel. Saul proposed to make a night-attack upon the
Philistines, and asked the priest to obtain an oracle as to...
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The consequence of Jonathan's transgression
36. _Let us draw near hither unto God_ Ahijah checks Saul's impulse,
reminding him that it was necessary first to ascertain the will of
God. Perhaps he fel...
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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 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...
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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 *Phil...
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THOUGH IT BE IN JONATHAN MY SON. — “Were Jonathan himself the
transgressor, he [Saul] would not spare his life; and so, feeling
inwardly bound by his oath, presses for decision by means of the
sacred...
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כִּ֣י חַי ־יְהוָ֗ה הַ מֹּושִׁ֨יעַ֙
אֶת ־יִשְׂ
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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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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...
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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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_Gainsayed him, out of respect. Saul gives another proof of his
precipitation, in swearing; and the people, by this silence,
acquiesce, not suspecting that Jonathan could have offended in what he
had...
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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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FOR AS THE LORD LIVETH, WHICH SAVETH ISRAEL,.... And had saved them
that day with a great salvation and had wrought a great deliverance
for them in freeing them from the Philistines, who had threatene...
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For, [as] the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in
Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But [there was] not a man among
all the people [that] answered him.
Ver. 39. _For, as the Lord li...
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_As the Lord liveth_ Here again we have a proof of Saul's rashness and
folly, and of the violence and impetuosity of his temper. As he had
before adjured the people, and exposed them to an execration...
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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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For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in
Jonathan, my son, he shall surely die. This was another rash oath, and
just as foolish as the first. BUT THERE WAS NOT A MAN AMONG ALL THE...
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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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36-46 If God turns away our prayer, we have reason to suspect it is
for some sin harboured in our hearts, which we should find out, that
we may put it away, and put it to death. We should always firs...
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None of those who either saw Jonathan eating, or heard of it, informed
against him; partly because they were satisfied that his ignorance
excused him, and that there was some other reason of God's not...
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1 Samuel 14:39 LORD H3068 lives H2416 saves H3467 (H8688) Israel H3478
be H3426 Jonathan H3129 son H1121 surely
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CONTINUATION OF THE DEFEAT OF THE PHILISTINES BY RAIDING THEIR
TERRITORY IS ABORTED AND JONATHAN IS NEARLY EXECUTED, AND ALL DUE TO
SAUL'S FOOLISH CURSE (1 SAMUEL 14:36).
This passage (1 Samuel 14:1)...
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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 14:39 HE SHALL SURELY DIE. Saul assumes
that the Lord does not answer Saul’s prior question (v. 1 Samuel
14:37) because of some unknown sin
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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'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
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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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Answered — None of those who saw Jonathan eating, informed against
him; because they were satisfied that his ignorance excused him; and
from their great love to Jonathan, whom they would not expose to...