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Poole on 1 Samuel 14:31-35: Pursuit and Blood!
Verse 31:[1] And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint. [Therefore, they smote...
Dr. Dilday
May 20, 20228 min read


Poole on 1 Samuel 14:25-30: Jonathan's Unwitting Violation of the Oath
Verse 25:[1] (Deut. 9:28; Matt. 3:5) And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was (Ex. 3:8; Num. 13:27; Matt. 3:4) honey upon...
Dr. Dilday
May 11, 202210 min read


Poole on 1 Samuel 14:24: Saul's Rash Vow
Verse 24:[1] And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul (Josh. 6:26) had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man...
Dr. Dilday
May 4, 20226 min read


Poole on 1 Samuel 14:17-23: Israel on the Offensive!
Verse 17:[1] Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered,...
Dr. Dilday
Apr 27, 20229 min read


Poole on 1 Samuel 14:15, 16: Trembling and Slaughter in the Philistine Camp
Verse 15:[1] And (Judg. 7:21; 2 Kings 7:7; Job 18:11) there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the...
Dr. Dilday
Apr 20, 20226 min read


Poole on 1 Samuel 14:13, 14: Jonathan's Intrepid Attack
Verse 13:[1] And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan;...
Dr. Dilday
Apr 9, 20228 min read


Poole on 1 Samuel 14:8-12: Jonathan's Fleece
Verse 8:[1] Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. Verse 9:[2] If they...
Dr. Dilday
Apr 2, 20227 min read


Poole on 1 Samuel 14:4-7: Jonathan, Bold as a Lion
Verse 4:[1] And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over (1 Sam. 13:23) unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a...
Dr. Dilday
Mar 30, 202212 min read


Poole on 1 Samuel 14:1-4: Saul's Hesitancy; Jonathan's Intrepidity
[circa 1067 BC] Verse 1:[1] Now it came to pass upon a day (or, there was a day[2]), that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young...
Dr. Dilday
Mar 24, 20227 min read


Poole's Outline of 1 Samuel 14: Jonathan's Valor and Victory
Jonathan and his armour-bearer secretly smite the Philistines’ army; they slay one another, 1-15; which being perceived, 16, 17, Saul...
Dr. Dilday
Mar 18, 20221 min read


Poole on 1 Samuel 13:15-23: Unarmed and Afraid before Enemies
Verse 15:[1] And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present (Heb....
Dr. Dilday
Mar 16, 202220 min read


Poole on 1 Samuel 13:13, 14: Samuel's Sentence
Verse 13:[1] And Samuel said to Saul, (2 Chron. 16:9) Thou hast done foolishly: (1 Sam. 15:11) thou hast not kept the commandment of...
Dr. Dilday
Mar 1, 202211 min read


Poole on 1 Samuel 13:10-12: Saul's Self-Justification
Verse 10:[1] And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went...
Dr. Dilday
Feb 25, 20225 min read


Poole on 1 Samuel 13:8, 9: Saul's Sinful Sacrifice
Verse 8:[1] (1 Sam. 10:8) And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to...
Dr. Dilday
Feb 22, 20223 min read


Poole on 1 Samuel 13:6, 7: Fear and Flight
Verse 6:[1] When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people (Judg. 6:2) did...
Dr. Dilday
Feb 18, 20227 min read


Poole on 1 Samuel 13:5: Philistine Might
Verse 5:[1] And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen,...
Dr. Dilday
Feb 15, 20226 min read


Poole on 1 Samuel 13:3, 4: Jonathan's Assault on the Philistines
Verse 3:[1] And Jonathan (1 Sam. 10:5) smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba (or, the hill[2]), and the Philistines...
Dr. Dilday
Feb 11, 20226 min read


Poole on 1 Samuel 13:1, 2: Saul's Chosen Men
Verse 1:[1] Saul reigned one year (Heb. the son of one year in his reigning[2]); and when he had reigned two years over Israel… [A son...
Dr. Dilday
Feb 5, 202217 min read


Poole's Outline of 1 Samuel 13: Saul's Declension
Saul and Jonathan’s select band. Jonathan smiteth the garrison of the Philistines at Gibeah: the people are called together at Gilgal,...
Dr. Dilday
Feb 3, 20221 min read


Poole on 1 Samuel 12:23-25: Duties of Prophet and People Moving Forward
Verse 23:[1] Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD (Acts 12:5; Rom. 1:9; Col. 1:9; 2 Tim. 1:3) in ceasing...
Dr. Dilday
Jan 21, 20225 min read
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