1 Samuel 14:24

24. Were distressed Fatigued; tired out by the arduous fighting. For

Saul had adjured the people This rendering implies that Saul had made his adjuration before the battle; but in the Hebrew the letter translated for is the conjunction and, ( ו ) and indicates that Saul made the adjuration after he saw the distress of the people. He perceived that his men were faint, but feared that any delay might turn the tide of battle.