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1 Samuel 14:14 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 14 · verse 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.1 Samuel 14:14 · King James Version
1 Samuel 14:14 in context
12And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
13And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.
14And 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.
15And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
16And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- armourbearernâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
- armourbearerkᵉlîysomething preparedH3627 →
- slaughtermakkâha woundH4347 →
- JonathanYôwnâthânJonathan, the name of ten IsraelitesH3129 →
- twentyʻesrîymtwentyH6242 →
- firstriʼshôwnfirst, in place, time or rankH7223 →
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We must here take notice, I. Of the goodness of God in restraining the Philistines, who had a vast army of valiant men in the field, from falling upon that little handful of timorous trembling people that Saul had with him, whom they would easily have swallowed up at once.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-15