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Verse 1 Samuel 14:25. _THERE WAS HONEY UPON THE GROUND_] There were
many wild bees in that country, and Judea is expressly said to be a
land flowing with milk and _honey_....
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ALL THEY OF THE LAND - literally, all the land, probably meaning all
those named in 1 Samuel 14:21, who now flocked to the wood as a
rendezvous....
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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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THE GROUND. Hebrew "the face (i.e. surface) of the ground". Figure of
speech _Pleonasm._ App-6....
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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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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 ALL THEY OF THE LAND CAME TO A WOOD; AND THERE WAS HONEY UPON THE
GROUND._
All they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey. The honey
is described as "upon the ground," 'dropping' from...
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14:25 ground. (c-17) Lit. 'on the face of the field.'...
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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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ALL _they of_ THE LAND] Heb. 'all the land.' Saul's success had made
all the country rise against the foreigners....
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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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AND ALL THEY OF THE LAND CAME TO A WOOD. — In the wilder parts of
the land the old woods were not yet cleared. There seems to have been
once in that favoured land an abundance of woods.
AND THERE WAS...
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וְ כָל ־הָ אָ֖רֶץ בָּ֣אוּ בַ †...
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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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_Ground. Even still travellers perceived the smell of honey very
frequently in that country. (Maundrell) --- The people use honey
almost in every sauce and in every repast. Virgin assures us, that
"be...
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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 ALL THEY OF THE LAND CAME TO A WOOD,.... Which lay between
Bethaven and Aijalon; by whom are meant not all the inhabitants of the
land of Israel, but all that came with Saul and Jonathan, and that...
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And all [they of] the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon
the ground.
Ver. 25. _And there was honey upon the ground._] Wild honey (such as
John Baptist fed on) dropping from the trees, wher...
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_All they of the land_ The six hundred that were with Saul, and who
were now engaged in the pursuit of the Philistines, are chiefly
intended here. Many others, however, from different parts of the
nei...
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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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Saul's Unwise Adjuration...
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And all they of the land, namely, those who had now joined the forces
of Saul, CAME TO A WOOD, into a forested section of the hills; AND
THERE WAS HONEY UPON THE GROUND, flowing down in streams from t...
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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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ALL THEY OF THE LAND, Heb. _all the land_, i.e. the people of the
land; as it is explained below, 1 SAMUEL 14:29; and so the word is
taken GENESIS 41:57. All the Israelites who were with Saul....
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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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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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Deuteronomy 9:28; Exodus 3:8; Matthew 3:4; Matthew 3:5; Numbers 13:27...