1 Samuel 14:35 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD. ”

1 Samuel 14:35 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 C...
1 Samuel 14:35 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 17:10-12 *), at w...
1 Samuel 14:35 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD. Saul built an altar - And this we are informed was the first he had built; Samuel, as prophet had hith...
1 Samuel 14:35 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
1 Samuel 14:35 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 eat...
1 Samuel 14:35 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Samuel 14:35 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 o...
1 Samuel 14:35 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
1 Samuel 14:35 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
1 Samuel 14:35 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Samuel 14:35 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
1 Samuel 14:35 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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, pe...
1 Samuel 14:35 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 peaceoff...
1 Samuel 14:35 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Samuel 14:35 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Saul's Rash Oath. B. C. 1067. 24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for S...
1 Samuel 14:35 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 anothe...
1 Samuel 14:35 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The People Sin By Eating The Blood Of Slain Beasts, And Saul Erects A Primitive Place For Slaughter ( 1 Samuel 14:31-35 ). A further consequence of Saul's rash vow is now seen. Having been deprive...
1 Samuel 14:35 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 14:35 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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 14:35 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 Samuel 14:35 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
1 Samuel 14:35 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
1 Samuel 14:35 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul's Unwise Adjuration
1 Samuel 14:35 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 7:17 ; 1 Samuel 7:9 ; 2 Timothy 3:5 ; Hosea 8:14 ; Judges 21:4

1 Samuel 14:35 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:35 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:35 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:35 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 14:35 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 14:35 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:35 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 14:35 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 14:35 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 14:35 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 14:35 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 14:35 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 14:35 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 14:35 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:35 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 14:35 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 14:35 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:35 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 14:35 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 14:35 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 14:35 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 14:35 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 14:35 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 14:35 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge