1 Samuel 14:16

1 Samuel 14:20; 2 Chronicles 20:22-25; Isaiah 19:2; Judges 7:22; Psalms 58:7; Psalms 68:2

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Multitude - The word is in 1 Samuel 14:19 (margin) rendered tumult. It must have the same meaning here. The sentence is obscure and probably co...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:16-23 . The Israelites observe the confusion among the Philistines, and find that Jonathan and his armour-bearer are missing. Saul propo...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

and they went on beating down , &c. Hebrew hither and thither.. supposed Ellipsis is unnecessarily supplied. Read "melted away hither and thit...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another . The watch...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another. The...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Behold, the multitude.. one another ] LXX reads, 'Behold the multitude melted away' (i.e. dispersed in confusion) 'hither and thither.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked... — The distance between the outposts of the little Israelite army and the vast Philistine h...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIX. JONATHAN'S EXPLOIT AT MICHMASH. 1 Samuel 14:1-23 . IT has sometimes been objected to the representation occurring at the end of t...
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; an...
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 deg...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(16) В¶ And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another. (17...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked ,.... The city of Gibeah was built on an hill, from where it had its name; and these watchmen...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down [one another]. Ver. 16...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold the multitude melted away Were discomfited and scattered; so that fewer and fewer were seen in a company together. They went on beating dow...
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 b...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Philistines Destroyed. B. C. 1067. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In Gibeah, or, in the hill , as the very same word is rendered, 1 Samuel 13:16 , and that was the fittest place for watchmen. The multitude,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Brings About The Defeat Of The Philistines ( 1 Samuel 14:15-23 ). We must not underestimate the beliefs of ancient peoples in omens. This com...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 1 Samuel 14:1 . “Garrison of the Philistines.” The advanced post mentioned in 1 Samuel 13:23 . For the situatio...
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 diffic...
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 wit...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 mak...
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. Liter...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Philistines Defeated
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the watchmen of Saul, the sentinels, in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, thrown into confusion by Jonathan's...

¹⁶ And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 14:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 14:16