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1 Samuel 14:32

the people did eat them with the blood As soon as it was evening, the fasting people flew upon the spoil to satisfy their hunger, and in doing so transgressed the primeval prohibition (Genesis 9:4), which was re-enacted in the Mosaic law (Leviticus 17:10-14), and observed in the early days of the Christian Church (Acts 15:20).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 14:32. _THE PEOPLE DID EAT_ THEM _WITH THE BLOOD._] They were faint through hunger, and did not take time to bleed the cattle on which they fed. This was another bad effect of Saul's ra...

  • 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...

  • 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 THE PEOPLE FLEW UPON THE SPOIL, AND TOOK SHEEP, AND OXEN, AND CALVES, AND SLEW THEM ON THE GROUND: AND THE PEOPLE DID EAT THEM WITH THE BLOOD._ And ... flew upon the spoil. At evening, when the...

  • 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

    EAT _them_ WITH THE BLOOD] in direct opposition to the command of God: Genesis 9:4 and Leviticus 20:26. This prohibition to eat with the blood is still carefully observed by strict Jews....

  • 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

    AND THE PEOPLE FLEW UPON THE SPOIL... — No doubt, had the men of Israel not been so faint for want of food, and utterly weary, many more of the Philistine host would have fallen: as it was, vast spoil...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _וַ_†_יַּ֤עַט_† הָ עָם֙ אֶל־_הַ_†_שָּׁלָ֔ל_† וַ

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Blood, contrary to a two-fold law, Genesis ix. 4., and Leviticus xvii. 14. The blood ought to have been carefully extracted and buried. (Calmet) --- This was another bad effect of Saul's rash oath. ...

  • 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 THE PEOPLE FLEW UPON THE SPOIL,.... Like a swift and ravenous bird, as the eagle, and which seems to have its name in Greek from this word, see Isaiah 46:11. When the evening was come, and they we...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew [them] on the ground: and the people did eat [them] with the blood. Ver. 32. _And the people flew upon the spoil._]...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The people flew on the spoil_ Like ravenous birds. They were so faint and hungry that in the evening, when the pursuit was given over, they seized upon and devoured what was eatable of the spoil, and...

  • 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 the people, as soon as it was evening, FLEW UPON THE SPOIL, in a ravenous desire for food, AND TOOK SHEEP AND OXEN AND CALVES, and slew them on the ground; AND THE PEOPLE DID EAT THEM WITH THE BLO...

  • 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...

  • 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

    THE PEOPLE FLEW UPON THE SPOIL, to wit, at evening, when the time prefixed by Saul was expired. WITH THE BLOOD; not having patience to tarry till the blood was perfectly gone out of them, as they shou...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 14:32 people H5971 rushed H5860 (H8799) H6213 (H8799) spoil H7998 took H3947 (H8799) sheep...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 14:32 When evening comes (v. 1 Samuel 14:34) and the people are once again free to eat (see v....

  • 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 15:19; Acts 15:20; Acts 15:29; Deuteronomy 12:16;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Slew — At evening, when the time prefixed by Saul was expired. With blood — Not having patience to tarry 'till the blood was perfectly gone out of them, as they should have done. So they who made cons...

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