Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 14:28

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.

28. straitly ] i.e. strictly. Cp. Exo 13:19; Jos 6:1.

And the people were faint ] Better, and the people are faint, or weary: words of the speaker, not a comment by the historian.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

And the people were faint – Read, are faint, the words are part of the mans complaint.

Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

One of the people, who came along with Saul, whose forces were now united with Jonathans.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

Then answered one of the people, and said,…. To Jonathan, who might direct and encourage the people to do as he had done, at least so he did by his example, if not by words; the latter is not improbable: and therefore one of the men that came along with Saul, and had now joined Jonathan, and who heard what Saul had said, replied,

thy father straitly charged the people with an oath; gave them a strict charge, with an oath or imprecation annexed to it:

saying, cursed be the man that eateth any food this day; that is, until the evening, as in 1Sa 14:24

and the people were faint; which is either the observation of the writer of the book; or it may be the words of the man, imputing the faintness of the people to this adjuration of Saul restraining them from food; or as taking notice how strictly the people observed it, though they were hungry, faint, and weary.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(28) Then answered one of the people.Most probably, in reply to Jonathans pointing out the plentiful supply of honey, and inviting the soldiers near him to refresh themselves with it. The words and the people were faint, at the close of the verse, should be rendered, and the people are faint; they were part of the speech of the soldier who was telling Jonathan of his fathers rash oath.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

1Sa 14:28 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.

Ver. 28. Then answered one of the people. ] To Jonathan, who haply had exhorted them to refresh themselves, as he had done, or to follow hard after the enemies.

And the people were faint. ] Weak and weary with hunger and hard labour. Animantis cuiusque vita in fuga est. Were it not for the repair of nutrition, life would soon be extinct.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

straitly = strictly.

faint = weary.

Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics

Cursed: 1Sa 14:24, 1Sa 14:43

faint: or, weary

Reciprocal: Gen 25:29 – and he Jos 6:18 – make the camp Jdg 8:4 – faint Jdg 17:2 – cursedst Jdg 18:14 – Then Jdg 21:1 – There Jdg 21:7 – sworn 2Sa 16:2 – that such Pro 26:2 – so Ecc 9:18 – sinner Mat 14:9 – the oath’s Mat 15:32 – lest Mat 26:63 – I adjure Mar 8:3 – General Act 23:12 – that

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge