1 Samuel 14:1-23 NVIPT

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 14:1-52

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. 1 Samuel 14:3 . Ahiah. Ahimelech, whom Saul slew with all the priests of Nob: 1 Samuel 22:9. 1 Samuel 14:6 . Let us go over to the garrison. מצב Matzab, a station, an out-post of the army. Hence Mythe, near Tewkesbury, a Roman station. In the time of sore calamity, which is a time of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 14:1-23

1 Samuel 14:1-23Come, and let us go over to the Philistine garrison.Jonathan’s exploit at MichmashIt is evident that, Saul had no thought at this time of making an attack on the Philistines. How could he, wish soldiers so poorly armed and so little to encourage them? Samuel does not appear to have been with him. But, in his company was a priest, Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, grandson of Eli, perhaps the same as Ahimelech, afterwards introduced. Saul still adhered to the forms of religion; but he... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 14:4

1 Samuel 14:4There was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side. Rocks on both sidesThe cruel army of the Philistines must be taken and scattered. There is just one man, accompanied by his bodyguard, to do that thing Jonathan is the hero of the scene. These two men, Jonathan and his bodyguard, drive back and drive down the Philistines over the rocks, and open a campaign which demolishes the enemies of Israel. I suppose that the overhanging and overshadowing rocks on... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 14:6

1 Samuel 14:6There is no restraint to the Lord, to save by many or by few. Jonathan’s faith1. This faith of Jonathan was reasonable. Some think faith mere assumption, or the result of ignorance. It is not so. Faith rests on reason. We know we can do nothing of ourselves in an emergency like that which had overtaken the children of Israel. We know God has infinite power, and He has said that He will help those who trust Him. He has the power and He is willing, then is it not in reason to trust... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 14:7

1 Samuel 14:7I am with thee.The armour bearer who backed JonathanJonathan was a brave and generous leader of men. In the picture we are to study we see Jonathan, tired of inaction, and longing to be against the enemy, suddenly determine to do a little skirmishing on his own account; and yet there was a profoundly religious spirit controlling the impulse which led him to make the attempt. Jonathan devoutly believed that God was able to work by the few as well as by the many. He made known his... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 14:13

1 Samuel 14:13And they fell before Jonathan, and his armour bearer slew after him.The qualities that winSir Charles Napier, when in India, encountered an army of thirty-five thousand Belloches with two thousand men, of whom only four hundred were Europeans. He charged them in the centre up a high bank, and for three hours the battle was undecided. At last they turned and fled. It is this sort of pluck, tenacity and determined perseverance which wins soldiers’ battles, and, indeed, every battle.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 14:1

1Sa 14:1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison, that [is] on the other side. But he told not his father. Ver. 1. Jonathan the son of Saul said. ] By an extraordinary instinct of the Spirit, and by the force of his faith, founded upon God’s promise, Deuteronomy 28:7 ; Deu 32:10 the ground of all true valour and magnanimity. Said unto the young man that bare his armour.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 14:2

1Sa 14:2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which [is] in Migron: and the people that [were] with him [were] about six hundred men; Ver. 2. And Saul tarried. ] In his fastness; observing the enemies’ motions, but unable to encounter them. Under a pomegranate tree. ] Or, Under Rimmon, a place so called from the store of pomegranates there growing: as Granata, a chief city in Spain, is to this day, a malogranatorum copia vel figura. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 14:3

1Sa 14:3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’S priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. Ver. 3. And Ahiah. ] Called also Ahimelech, 1Sa 22:11-12 and basely butchered by the command of Saul, who here had sent for him, and served himself upon him. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. ] Or, For what purpose. The engine that doth all in great works, is oft inward, hidden, unobserved. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 14:4

1Sa 14:4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, [there was] a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one [was] Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. Ver. 4. There was a sharp rock. ] Heb., The tooth of a rock: a these were two promontories which hung over and ran out, after the manner of dogs’ teeth, or boars’ tusks, and so rendered the passage to the enemy’s camp hard, and as might be... read more

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 14:1-52

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 14:1-23

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 14:4

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 14:6

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 14:7

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 14:13

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 14:1

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 14:2

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 14:3

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 14:4

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