1 Samuel 14:35
And Saul built an altar there to the Lord: this was the first altar that Saul built to the Lord.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 21:4And it came to pass on the morrow that the people rose up early, and built there an altar, and offered up whole-burnt-offerings and + 21:4 See chap 20. 26.peace-offerings.
1 Samuel 7:12And Samuel took a stone, and set it up between Massephath and the old city; and he called the name of it Abenezer, stone of the helper; and he said, Hitherto has the Lord helped us.
Hosea 8:14And Israel has forgotten him that made him, and they have built fanes, and Juda has multiplied walled cities: but I will send fire on his cities, and it shall devour their foundations.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 14:25-36
Saul's Rash Oath. ( b. c. 1067.) 24 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. 25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. 26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan heard not when his… Read the whole commentary →