1Sa 14:29 | KD | STEP | When one of the people told him thereupon of his father’s oath, in consequence of which the people were exhausted (העם ויּעף belongs to the man’s words; and ויּעף is the same as in Jdg 4:21), Jonathan condemned the prohibition. “ My father has brought the land (i.e., the people of the land, as in ) into trouble (עכר, see at ): see how bright mine eyes have become because I tasted a little of this honey. How much more if the people had eaten to-day of the booty of its enemies, would not the overthrow among the Philistines truly have then become great? ” כּי אף, lit. to this (there comes) also that = not to mention how much more; and עתּה כּי is an emphatic introduction of the apodosis, as in ; , and other passages, and the apodosis itself is to be taken as a question. Result of the battle, and consequences of Saul’s rashness . - 1Sa 14:31. “ On that day they smote the Philistines from Michmash to Ajalon ,” which has been preserved in the village of Yâlo (see at ), and was about three geographical miles to the south-west of Michmash; “ and the people were very faint ,” because Saul had forbidden them to eat before the evening ( ).

‏ 1 Samuel 14:29

When one of the people told him thereupon of his father’s oath, in consequence of which the people were exhausted (העם ויּעף belongs to the man’s words; and ויּעף is the same as in Jdg 4:21), Jonathan condemned the prohibition. “My father has brought the land (i.e., the people of the land, as in 1Sa 14:25) into trouble (עכר, see at Gen 34:30): see how bright mine eyes have become because I tasted a little of this honey. How much more if the people had eaten to-day of the booty of its enemies, would not the overthrow among the Philistines truly have then become great?” כּי אף, lit. to this (there comes) also that = not to mention how much more; and עתּה כּי is an emphatic introduction of the apodosis, as in Gen 31:42; Gen 43:10, and other passages, and the apodosis itself is to be taken as a question.Result of the battle, and consequences of Saul’s rashness. - 1Sa 14:31. “On that day they smote the Philistines from Michmash to Ajalon,” which has been preserved in the village of Yâlo (see at Jos 19:42), and was about three geographical miles to the south-west of Michmash; “and the people were very faint,” because Saul had forbidden them to eat before the evening (1Sa 14:24).