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.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
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…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
And the people were faint - Read, “are faint,” the words are part of the man’s complaint.
We have here an account of the distress of the children of Israel, even in the day of their triumphs. Such alloys are all present joys subject to. And such obstructions does many a good cause meet…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
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.