Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 14:24
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1 Samuel14:24
24 ¶ And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying. Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies : so none of the people tasted any food .
With Hunger, and Weakness, and Faintness, thence arising; and all by reason of the following Oath.
As Sauls in[illegible: 1+ letters]mion was good; namely, to Execute Vengeance upon Gods and his Enemies: so the matter of the Obligation was not simply and in it self Unlawful, if it had not been so rigorous in excluding all Food, without any exception of Cases of Necessity; and in obliging the People to it under pain of a Curse, and an accursed Death; v. 38, 39, 44. which was a Punishment far exceeding the Fault.
Partly, in obedience to the Kings Command; and partly, for fear of the Curse.
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