撒母耳记上 14:14 CUNPSS

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 14:1-52

1 Samuel 14:0 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 hardship or peril, the more is the victory worth telling. We learn from this chapter I. That the presence of the enemy should rouse our courage. Jonathan could not allow the Philistines to be even at Michmash, strong as it was, without ever striking a blow. Is there not need for more chivalry among... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 14:1-52

Chapter 14Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man that bear his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison on the other side. But he did not tell his father. And Saul tarried in the uttermost parts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men; And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas ( 1 Samuel 14:1-3 ),And so forth, it gives these... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

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

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 14:14

1Sa 14:14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, [which] a yoke [of oxen might plow]. Ver. 14. Was about twenty men. ] Twenty men, plus minus. So John 4:6 , "It was about the sixth hour." In things whereof there is no necessity of speaking on a certainty, we must deliver ourselves accordingly. Within as it were an half acre. ] Brevissimo spatio: a in a small compass of ground these two slew twenty; so... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 14:14

an half acre of land: or, half a furrow of an acre of land, The original is obscure and variously understood; but it is probably a proverbial expression for a small space. 1 Samuel 14:14 Reciprocal: Judges 15:15 - slew 2 Samuel 17:9 - some read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 14:14

14. A half acre of land Literally, Within about half a furrow of a yoke of land; that is, half a furrow’s length. A yoke of land is what a yoke of oxen would plough in a day. So the Latin word for acre is jugerum, from jugum, a yoke. This first slaughter made by Jonathan and his companion was, therefore, within a comparatively small space of ground. read more