“ And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. ”
All they of the land - literally, all the land, probably meaning all those named in 1 Samuel 14:21-22 , who now flocked to the wood as a rendezvous.
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,...
the ground. Hebrew "the face (i.e. surface) of the ground". Figure of speech Pleonasm. App-6.
And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. There was honey upon the ground - There were many wild bees in that country, and Judea is expressly said to be a land f...
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'...
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...
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...
CHAPTER XX SAUL'S WILFULNESS. 1 Samuel 14:24-51 . 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 app...
Victory Shadowed by Saul's Errors 1 Samuel 14:16-35 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 s...
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...
(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 o...
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 t...
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, wh...
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 ne...
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...
Saul's Rash Oath. B. C. 1067. 24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for S...
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 Sa...
Saul's Men Are Hindered By A Rash Oath Made By Saul, While Jonathan Who Knew Nothing Of It Breaks The Oath ( 1 Samuel 14:23-31 a). The contrast between the spiritually dead ritualist and the true...
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...
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...
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 safet...
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 Sec...
EXPOSITION JONATHAN SMITES THE PHILISTINE GAR - BISON ( 1 Samuel 14:1-9 ). 1 Samuel 14:1 Now it came to pass upon a day. Literally, "And there was a day, and Jonathan," etc.; o...
Saul's Unwise Adjuration
Deuteronomy 9:28 ; Exodus 3:8 ; Matthew 3:4 ; Matthew 3:5 ; Numbers 13:27