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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 14:3

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

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 14:3

Ahiah: 1 Samuel 22:9-2 Kings :, 1 Samuel 22:20, called Ahimelech. Ichabod's: 1 Samuel 4:21 wearing: 1 Samuel 2:28, Exodus 28:26-Jonah : Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:31 - I will cut 1 Samuel 21:1 - to Ahimelech 1 Samuel 23:6 - an ephod 1 Chronicles 6:7 - Ahitub Hosea 3:4 - ephod read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 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.Ahiah — The same who is called Abimelech, chap22:9,11,20, the high-priest, who was here to attend upon the ark which was brought thither, verse18.Ephod — The high-priest's ephod, wherein the Urim and Thummim was. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 14:3

3. Ahiah Here we meet again with the descendants of Eli. See note on 1 Samuel 2:33. It is generally supposed, and quite probable, that Ahiah is only a different name for Ahimelech, mentioned 1 Samuel 22:9; still, it is possible that Ahimelech may have been his brother, and successor in the office of high priest. The presence of the priest with Saul is here mentioned in anticipation of what is to be stated in 1 Samuel 14:18-19; 1 Samuel 14:36-37. read more

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