撒母耳记上 14:24

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

約拿單誤違父命那一天，以色列人處境很窘迫，因為掃羅叫眾人起誓說：“不等到晚上，不等到我向敵人報了仇，就吃食物的，那人必受咒詛。”所以眾民都沒有嘗過食物。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
扫 罗 叫 百 姓 起 誓 说 ， 凡 不 等 到 晚 上 向 敌 人 报 完 了 仇 吃 甚 麽 的 ， 必 受 咒 诅 。 因 此 这 日 百 姓 没 有 吃 甚 麽 ， 就 极 其 困 惫 。

Contextual Overview

²⁴ The men of Israel were miserable that day because Saul had made an oath for all of them. He had said, "No one should eat food before evening and before I finish defeating my enemies. If he does, he will be cursed!" So no Israelite soldier ate food. ²⁵ Now the army went into the woods, where there was some honey on the ground. ²⁶ They came upon some honey, but no one took any because they were afraid of the oath. ²⁷ Jonathan had not heard the oath Saul had put on the army, so he dipped the end of his stick into the honey and lifted some out and ate it. Then he felt better. ²⁸ Then one of the soldiers told Jonathan, "Your father made an oath for all the soldiers. He said any man who eats today will be cursed! That's why they are so weak." ²⁹ Jonathan said, "My father has made trouble for the land! See how much better I feel after just tasting a little of this honey! ³⁰ It would have been much better for the men to eat the food they took from their enemies today. We could have killed many more Philistines!" ³¹ That day the Israelites defeated the Philistines from Micmash to Aijalon. After that, they were very tired. ³² They had taken sheep, cattle, and calves from the Philistines. Now they were so hungry they killed the animals on the ground and ate them, without draining the blood from them! ³³ Someone said to Saul, "Look! The men are sinning against the Lord . They're eating meat without draining the blood from it!" Saul said, "You have sinned! Roll a large stone over here now!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cursed: 1 Samuel 14:27-30, Leviticus 27:29, Numbers 21:2, Deuteronomy 27:15-26, Joshua 6:17-19, Joshua 6:26, Judges 11:30, Judges 11:31, Judges 21:1-5, Proverbs 11:9, Romans 10:2, 1 Corinthians 16:22

I may be: Judges 5:2, Judges 1:28, Psalms 18:47

Reciprocal: Genesis 26:31 - sware Genesis 27:13 - Upon Genesis 28:20 - vowed Genesis 31:32 - For Jacob Leviticus 5:4 - to do evil Leviticus 27:28 - no devoted Numbers 5:21 - an oath Deuteronomy 23:23 - hast vowed Judges 2:15 - greatly Judges 17:2 - cursedst 1 Samuel 14:19 - Withdraw 1 Samuel 14:28 - Cursed 1 Samuel 14:39 - General 1 Samuel 18:25 - to be avenged 1 Kings 22:16 - shall I adjure 2 Chronicles 18:15 - shall I adjure Proverbs 18:7 - his lips Ecclesiastes 5:2 - not rash Matthew 14:9 - the oath's Matthew 26:63 - I adjure Matthew 26:74 - began Acts 19:13 - adjure Acts 23:12 - that Romans 9:3 - were

Cross-References

Genesis 14:7
Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh). They defeated all the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon Tamar.

Genesis 14:8
At that time the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela went out to fight in the Valley of Siddim. (Bela is called Zoar.)

Genesis 14:13
One of the men who was not captured went to Abram, the Hebrew, and told him what had happened. At that time Abram was camped near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite. Mamre was a brother of Eshcol and Aner, and they had all made an agreement to help Abram.

Genesis 14:14
When Abram learned that Lot had been captured, he called out his 318 trained men who had been born in his camp. He led the men and chased the enemy all the way to the town of Dan.

Genesis 14:15
That night he divided his men into groups, and they made a surprise attack against the enemy. They chased them all the way to Hobah, north of Damascus.

Proverbs 3:27
Whenever you are able, do good to people who need help.

Matthew 7:12
"Do to others what you want them to do to you. This is the meaning of the law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets.

1 Timothy 5:18
because the Scripture says: "When an ox is working in the grain, do not cover its mouth to keep it from eating," and "A worker should be given his pay."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the men of Israel were distressed that day,.... By reason of the following order Saul gave with an oath, forbidding any to taste meat till evening, when the people were faint and weary, which is the common sense of interpreters; but Jarchi interprets it, the men of Israel were ready, forward, and hasty, and drew nigh to fight with the Philistines, and so refers it to the persons before mentioned, who came out of their lurking places; and this sense is approved of by Abarbinel: "for", or "and Saul had adjured", or "did adjure the people"; or willed them, signified to them his will and pleasure, which would not have been so much amiss, had he not annexed a curse to it, as follows:

saying, cursed be the man that eateth any food until the evening: or "bread", which comprehends all food, and among the rest honey; the design of which was, that no time might be lost, and that he might make the victory over the Philistines, and their destruction, as complete as possible; though it may seem a little too hard and severe upon the people, and too imperious in him, as well as imprudent; since a little refreshment would have animated and enabled them to have pursued their enemies with more ardour and rigour; and yet by the lot afterwards made, it seems to have been countenanced by the Lord:

that I may be avenged on mine enemies; who long tyrannised over the people of Israel, more or less for many years, and lately had sadly spoiled and plundered them:

so none of the people tasted any food; so observant were they of, and so obedient to the order of their king, and so much awed by the oath or imprecation annexed to it; though they were faint and hungry, and had an opportunity of refreshing themselves as follows, which was no small temptation to disobedience.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 14:24. 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, 1 Samuel 14:30.