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1Sa 14:24 Strong Concordance And the men [0376] of Israel [03478] were distressed [05065] that day [03117]: for Saul [07586] had adjured [0422] the people [05971], saying [0559], Cursed [0779] be the man [0376] that eateth [0398] any food [03899] until evening [06153], that I may be avenged [05358] on mine enemies [0341]. So none of the people [05971] tasted [02938] any food [03899].
  King James 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Saul had adjured the people--Afraid lest so precious an opportunity of effectually humbling the Philistine power might be lost, the impetuous king laid an anathema on any one who should taste food until the evening. This rash and foolish denunciation distressed the people, by preventing them taking such refreshments as they might get on the march, and materially hindered the successful attainment of his own patriotic object.
 
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10 For except [03884] we had lingered [04102], surely now we had returned [07725] this second time [06471].
42 Except [03884] the God [0430] of my father [01], the God [0430] of Abraham [085], and the fear [06343] of Isaac [03327], had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away [07971] now empty [07387]. God [0430] hath seen [07200] mine affliction [06040] and the labour [03018] of my hands [03709], and rebuked [03198] thee yesternight [0570].
30 And Jacob [03290] said [0559] to Simeon [08095] and Levi [03878], Ye have troubled [05916] me to make me to stink [0887] among the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776], among the Canaanites [03669] and the Perizzites [06522]: and I being few [04962] in number [04557], they shall gather themselves together [0622] against me, and slay me [05221]; and I shall be destroyed [08045], I and my house [01004].
25 And all they of the land [0776] came [0935] to a wood [03293]; and there was honey [01706] upon [06440] the ground [07704].
21 Then Jael [03278] Heber's [02268] wife [0802] took [03947] a nail [03489] of the tent [0168], and took [07760] an hammer [04718] in her hand [03027], and went [0935] softly [03814] unto him, and smote [08628] the nail [03489] into his temples [07541], and fastened [06795] it into the ground [0776]: for he was fast asleep [07290] and weary [05774]. So he died [04191].
28 Then answered [06030] one [0376] of the people [05971], and said [0559], Thy father [01] straitly [07650] charged [07650] the people [05971] with an oath [07650], saying [0559], Cursed [0779] be the man [0376] that eateth [0398] any food [03899] this day [03117]. And the people [05971] were faint [05774].
29 Then said [0559] Jonathan [03129], My father [01] hath troubled [05916] the land [0776]: see [07200], I pray you, how mine eyes [05869] have been enlightened [0215], because I tasted [02938] a little [04592] of this honey [01706].
30 How much more [0637], if haply [03863] the people [05971] had eaten [0398] freely [0398] to day [03117] of the spoil [07998] of their enemies [0341] which they found [04672]? for had there not been now a much greater [07235] slaughter [04347] among the Philistines [06430]?
29 Then said [0559] Jonathan [03129], My father [01] hath troubled [05916] the land [0776]: see [07200], I pray you, how mine eyes [05869] have been enlightened [0215], because I tasted [02938] a little [04592] of this honey [01706].
27 But Jonathan [03129] heard [08085] not when his father [01] charged [07650] the people [05971] with the oath [07650]: wherefore he put forth [07971] the end [07097] of the rod [04294] that was in his hand [03027], and dipped [02881] it in an honeycomb [03295] [01706], and put [07725] his hand [03027] to his mouth [06310]; and his eyes [05869] were enlightened [0215].
26 And when the people [05971] were come [0935] into the wood [03293], behold, the honey [01706] dropped [01982]; but no man put [05381] his hand [03027] to his mouth [06310]: for the people [05971] feared [03372] the oath [07621].
29 Then said [0559] Jonathan [03129], My father [01] hath troubled [05916] the land [0776]: see [07200], I pray you, how mine eyes [05869] have been enlightened [0215], because I tasted [02938] a little [04592] of this honey [01706].
25 And all they of the land [0776] came [0935] to a wood [03293]; and there was honey [01706] upon [06440] the ground [07704].
45 And the people [05971] said [0559] unto Saul [07586], Shall Jonathan [03129] die [04191], who hath wrought [06213] this great [01419] salvation [03444] in Israel [03478]? God forbid [02486]: as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], there shall not one hair [08185] of his head [07218] fall [05307] to the ground [0776]; for he hath wrought [06213] with God [0430] this day [03117]. So the people [05971] rescued [06299] Jonathan [03129], that he died [04191] not.
31 And they smote [05221] the Philistines [06430] that day [03117] from Michmash [04363] to Aijalon [0357]: and the people [05971] were very [03966] faint [05774].
30 How much more [0637], if haply [03863] the people [05971] had eaten [0398] freely [0398] to day [03117] of the spoil [07998] of their enemies [0341] which they found [04672]? for had there not been now a much greater [07235] slaughter [04347] among the Philistines [06430]?
24 And the men [0376] of Israel [03478] were distressed [05065] that day [03117]: for Saul [07586] had adjured [0422] the people [05971], saying [0559], Cursed [0779] be the man [0376] that eateth [0398] any food [03899] until evening [06153], that I may be avenged [05358] on mine enemies [0341]. So none of the people [05971] tasted [02938] any food [03899].
30 How much more [0637], if haply [03863] the people [05971] had eaten [0398] freely [0398] to day [03117] of the spoil [07998] of their enemies [0341] which they found [04672]? for had there not been now a much greater [07235] slaughter [04347] among the Philistines [06430]?