Translations
Modern
How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”
Traditional
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
Literal
How much better that if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies that they found? For now would there not have been a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?”
Latin
…quanto magis si comedisset populus de præda inimicorum suorum, quam reperit? nonne major plaga facta fuisset in Philisthiim?
Original
Hebrew
English
How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”
Notes
Saul's actions in this chapter further support his removal as king (1 Samuel 13:8–14; see also 15). Saul was estranged from both Samuel and his brave son Jonathan. 1 Samuel 14 foreshadows Jonathan's important role in the shift from Saul's rule to David's.
Theme notes and profiles
Events
Places
Philistia: An ancient people and region in Canaan
Glossary
Bethel (Place), Bethelite Curse, Cursed Samuel, Books of First and Second
Topics
Jonathan: Under Saul's Curse Pronounced Against Anyone Who Might Take Food Before Saul Was Avenged of his Enemies The Armies of Israel: Strict Discipline Observed In