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Verse 1 Samuel 14:14. _A HALF ACRE OF LAND_] The ancients measured
land by the quantum which a yoke of oxen could plough in a day. The
original is obscure, and is variously understood. It is probably...
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WITHIN AS IT WERE AN HALF ACRE ... - The Hebrew text is extremely
obscure. Hence, there is some probability that the true reading is
preserved by the Septuagint which translates the clause “with darts...
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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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1 SAMUEL 13:23 TO 1 SAMUEL 14:15. The ancient narrative, continuing 1
Samuel 13:18. Saul was at Geba (see on 1 Samuel 13:2), having with
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ACRE. Hebrew. furrow, or. furrow's length. The Figure of speech
_Ellipsis_ (App-6) is supplied, but the words "in. day" might be added
for completeness at end of verse. This is the standard measure
th...
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_within as it were a half acre of land which a yoke of oxen might
plow_ Lit. IN ABOUT HALF A FURROW OF A YOKE OF LAND. "A yoke of land"
may denote such a piece of land as a yoke of oxen would plough i...
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THAT FIRST SLAUGHTER, &C.— The expression in this verse, possibly,
was proverbial. It imports only, that this slaughter was made in a
very small compass: that Jonathan slew twenty men within the space...
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_Jonathan's Surprise Attack on the Philistines._ 1 Samuel 14:1-23
Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said
unto the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over t...
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_AND THAT FIRST SLAUGHTER, WHICH JONATHAN AND HIS ARMOURBEARER MADE,
WAS ABOUT TWENTY MEN, WITHIN AS IT WERE AN HALF ACRE OF LAND, WHICH A
YOKE OF OXEN MIGHT PLOW._
That first slaughter ... within .....
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14:14 acre (b-23) Strictly, 'yoke,' i.e. as much as a yoke of oxen can
plough in a day....
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AN HALF ACRE OF LAND.. _plow_] RV 'half a furrow's length in an acre
of land,' i.e. half the length of one of the sides of an acre....
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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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AND THAT FIRST SLAUGHTER... — Considerable doubt exists as to the
exact meaning of this verse. The LXX. either had here a different text
before them, or else translated, as has been suggested,
“conjec...
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וַ תְּהִ֞י הַ מַּכָּ֣ה הָ רִאשֹׁנָ֗ה
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
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CHAPTER XIX.
_ JONATHAN'S EXPLOIT AT MICHMASH._
1 Samuel 14:1.
IT has sometimes been objected to the representation occurring at the
end of the thirteenth chapter of the utter want of arms among the...
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JONATHAN'S EXPLOIT FOR THE LORD
1 Samuel 14:1
Jonathan was a true knight of God. He was the Hebrew Galahad, a
soldier without fear and without reproach. His life was pure, his word
was true, he was...
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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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And that (g) first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer
made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land,
[which] a yoke [of oxen might plow].
(g) The second was when they...
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Day. Varro, &c., allow 120 feet, Columella only 70, for a day's work,
so that these twenty men were slain in the space of 60 or 35 feet.
Louis de Dieu rejects all the other versions, and would transla...
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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 THE FIRST SLAUGHTER WHICH JONATHAN AND HIS ARMOURBEARER MADE WAS
ABOUT TWENTY MEN,.... Or the first blow they struck, as the Targum,
they killed about twenty men; that is, they did not stop smitin...
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And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made,
was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, [which]
a yoke [of oxen might plow].
Ver. 14. _Was about twenty men._...
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_Within a half acre of land_ The garrison seems to have been divided
into several bands, and posted upon several craggy eminences; for this
first party that Jonathan attacked seems to have been quite...
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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 that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor-bearer made,
was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a
yoke of oxen might plow, literally, "in about a half-furrow of...
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THE PHILISTINES DEFEATED...
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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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AN HALF ACRE OF LAND:
Or, half a furrow of an acre of land...
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1-15 Saul seems to have been quite at a loss, and unable to help
himself. Those can never think themselves safe who see themselves out
of God's protection. Now he sent for a priest and the ark. He ho...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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1 Samuel 14:14 first H7223 slaughter H4347 Jonathan H3129 armorbearer
H5375 (H8802) H3627 made H5221 (H8689) twe
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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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_Come, and let us go over to the Philistine garrison._
JONATHAN’S EXPLOIT AT MICHMASH
It is evident that, Saul had no thought at this time of making an
attack on the Philistines. How could he, wish s...
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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 14:14 The Hebrew “yoke” (esv footnote)
was a unit for measuring area.
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES
1 Samuel 14:1. “GARRISON OF THE PHILISTINES.” The advanced post
mentioned in 1 Samuel 13:23. For the situation of the armies see note
on 1 Samuel 13:6....
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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 14:14...