1 Samuel 14:24 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 14:24

Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.

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ASV

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 it be evening, and I be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted food.

KJV

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 of the people tasted any food.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Saul had adjured the people - He was afraid, if they waited to refresh themselves, the Philistines would escape out of their hands, and therefore he made the taking any food till sunset a capital crime. This was the very means of defeating his own intention; for as the people were exhausted for want of food, they could not continue the pursuit of their enemies: had it not been for this foolish adjuration, there had been a greater slaughter of the Philistines, 1Sa 14:30.

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Distressed - With hunger, and weakness, and faintness, and all by reason of the following oath. Avenged - As Saul's intention was good, so the matter of the obligation was not simply unlawful, if it had not been so rigorous in excluding all food, and in obliging the people to it under pain of an accursed death, which was a punishment far exceeding the fault.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאִֽישׁ־	ve.'ish-	and [the] man of	H376 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
נִגַּ֖שׂ	ni.Gas	he was hard pressed	H5065 →
בַּיּ֣וֹם	bai.Yom	on the day	H3117 →
הַה֑וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
וַיֹּאֶל֩	vai.yo.'El	and he had put under oath	H422 →
שָׁא֨וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָעָ֜ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
לֵאמֹ֗ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
אָר֣וּר	'a.Rur	[be] cursed	H779 →
הָ֠אִישׁ	Ha.'ish	the person	H376 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	who	H834 →
יֹ֨אכַל	Yo.khal	he will eat	H398 →
לֶ֜חֶם	Le.chem	food	H3899 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
הָעֶ֗רֶב	ha.'E.rev	the evening	H6153 →
וְנִקַּמְתִּי֙	ve.ni.kam.Ti	and I will avenge myself	H5358 →
מֵאֹ֣יְבַ֔י	me.'O.ye.Vai	from enemies my	H341 →
וְלֹֽא	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
טָעַ֥ם	ta.'Am	it tasted	H2938 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָעָ֖ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
לָֽחֶם׃ ס	La.chem	food	H3899 →

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Joshua 6:26
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leads to
- 1 Kings 16:34
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- Acts 19:13
  Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
Through
Romans 10:2
For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
leads to
- Acts 21:20
  When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
- Romans 9:31–32
  but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.
- Proverbs 19:2
  Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.
- Philippians 3:6
  as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
- Philippians 1:9
  And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
Through
Psalms 18:47
the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,
leads to
- Psalms 47:3
  He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.

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