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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...
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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...
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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 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...
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_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...
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The sin of the people
31. _from Michmash to Aijalon_ See note on 1 Samuel 14:23....
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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...
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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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14:35 built (a-14) Lit. 'with it he began to build an altar.'...
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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.'...
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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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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...
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וַ יִּ֧בֶן שָׁא֛וּל מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַֽ
יהוָ֑ה אֹת
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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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_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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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....
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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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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...
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1 Samuel 14:35 Saul H7586 built H1129 (H8799) altar H4196 LORD H3068
first H2490 (H8689) altar H4196 built...
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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...
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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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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 7:17; 1 Samuel 7:9; 2 Timothy 3:5; Hosea 8:14; Judges 21:4...