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Verse 1 Samuel 14:27. _HIS EYES WERE ENLIGHTENED._] Hunger and fatigue
affect and dim the sight; on taking food, this affection is
immediately removed. This most people know to be a fact....
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WERE ENLIGHTENED - i. e., he was refreshed, when he was faint....
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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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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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AN HONEYCOMB. The Hebrew _ya'ar_ never means honeycomb, but "a wood".
It is rendered "forest" thirty-eight times, "wood" nineteen times,
"honey-comb" only here and Song of Solomon 5:15...
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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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_his eyes were enlightened_ Cp. Psalms 13:3. His bodily powers were
refreshed. The opposite idea is conveyed by the Heb. words for
_fainting_, which are derived from roots meaning -to be shrouded in
d...
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AND WHEN THE PEOPLE WERE COME INTO THE WOOD, &C.— Wild honey, which
was part of St. John Baptist's food in the wilderness, may give us an
idea of the great plenty of it in those deserts; and that
cons...
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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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_BUT JONATHAN HEARD NOT WHEN HIS FATHER CHARGED THE PEOPLE WITH THE
OATH: WHEREFORE HE PUT FORTH THE END OF THE ROD THAT WAS IN HIS HAND,
AND DIPPED IT IN AN HONEYCOMB, AND PUT HIS HAND TO HIS MOUTH;...
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HIS EYES WERE ENLIGHTENED] lit. 'became bright,' a sure sign of health
and vigour. He had been weary with the day's exertions, and now
recovers....
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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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HE PUT FORTH THE END OF THE ROD. — Most likely, with the point of
his staff took up a piece of the honeycomb. Jonathan in that hurried
battle and pursuit had heard nothing of his father’s rash oath, a...
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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 with...
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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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But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the
oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that [was] in his
hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth;...
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_Enlightened. Extreme hunger and fatigue hurt the eyes, Jeremias xiv.
6. Sanctius saw a man who through fasting lost his sight, and
recovered it again as soon as he had eaten. This is conformable to t...
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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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BUT JONATHAN HEARD NOT WHEN HIS FATHER CHARGED THE PEOPLE WITH THE
OATH,.... Which charge was given, either before he came from Gibeah,
before he came to Jonathan, or while pursuing, when Jonathan was...
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But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the
oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that [was] in his
hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth;...
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_His eyes were enlightened_ He was refreshed, and recovered his lost
spirits. This cleared his sight, which was grown dim by hunger and
faintness. _Then answered one of the people_ One of them that ca...
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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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But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the
oath, he was not aware of the curse; WHEREFORE HE PUT FORTH, while
hastily passing by, THE END OF THE ROD THAT WAS IN HIS HAND AND DI...
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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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JONATHAN HEARD NOT, being then absent, and in pursuit of the
Philistines, divers of the Israelites having joined themselves with
him, 1 SAMUEL 14:21. HIS EYES WERE ENLIGHTENED; he was refreshed, and
r...
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1 Samuel 14:27 Jonathan H3129 heard H8085 (H8804) father H1 charge
H7650 people H5971 oath H7650 (H8687) out...
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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 f...
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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 14:27 HIS EYES BECAME BRIGHT suggests
renewed vitality (compare Ezra 9:8;...
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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 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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1 Samuel 14:29; 1 Samuel 30:12; Proverbs 25:26...
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Enlightened — He was refreshed, and recovered his lost spirits. This
cleared his sight, which was grown dim by hunger and faintness....