1 Samuel 14:28

וַיַּעַן אִישׁ מֵֽהָעָם וַיֹּאמֶר הַשְׁבֵּעַ הִשְׁבִּיעַ אָבִיךָ אֶת ־ הָעָם לֵאמֹר אָרוּר הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר ־ יֹאכַל לֶחֶם הַיּוֹם וַיָּעַף הָעָֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.

In Context

27וְיוֹנָתָן לֹֽא ־ שָׁמַע בְּהַשְׁבִּיעַ אָבִיו אֶת ־ הָעָם וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶת ־ קְצֵה הַמַּטֶּה אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדוֹ וַיִּטְבֹּל אוֹתָהּ בְּיַעְרַת הַדְּבָשׁ וַיָּשֶׁב יָדוֹ אֶל ־ פִּיו ותראנה עֵינָֽיו ׃

29וַיֹּאמֶר יֽוֹנָתָן עָכַר אָבִי אֶת ־ הָאָרֶץ רְאוּ ־ נָא כִּֽי ־ אֹרוּ עֵינַי כִּי טָעַמְתִּי מְעַט דְּבַשׁ הַזֶּֽה ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:43וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל אֶל ־ יוֹנָתָן הַגִּידָה לִּי מֶה עָשִׂיתָה וַיַּגֶּד ־ לוֹ יוֹנָתָן וַיֹּאמֶר טָעֹם טָעַמְתִּי בִּקְצֵה הַמַּטֶּה אֲשֶׁר ־ בְּיָדִי מְעַט דְּבַשׁ הִנְנִי אָמֽוּת ׃

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 →

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