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And the people ate them with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew <i>them</i> on the ground: and the people did eat <i>them</i> with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the people rushed on the spoil, and took sheep, oxen, and calves, and slaughtered <i>them</i> on the ground; and the people ate <i>them</i> with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the people loudly rushed upon the spoils, and took sheep, oxen, and calves, and slaughtered <i>them</i> on the ground; and the people ate <i>them</i> with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The people rushed greedily upon the spoil, and took sheep and oxen and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the people rushed greedily upon the spoil, and took sheep and oxen and calves, and slew <i>them</i> on the ground; and the people ate <i>them</i> with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So the people rushed greedily upon the spoil, and they took sheep and oxen and calves and slaughtered <i>them</i> on the ground; and the people ate <i>them</i> with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />[When night came and the oath ended] the people rushed greedily upon the spoil. They took sheep, oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and they ate them [raw] with the blood [still in them].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />they rushed to the plunder, took sheep, goats, cattle, and calves, slaughtered them on the ground, and ate meat with the blood still in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />they rushed to the plunder, took sheep, cattle, and calves, slaughtered them on the ground, and ate meat with the blood still in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people did eat them with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They grabbed the food they had captured from the Philistines and started eating. They even killed sheep and cows and calves right on the spot and ate the meat without draining the blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So the troops seized the Philistines' belongings. They took sheep, cows, and calves, and butchered them on the ground. The troops ate the meat with blood still in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and so they rushed over to what they had captured from the enemy, took sheep and cattle, slaughtered them on the spot, and ate the meat with the blood still in it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The army grabbed the spoil, took sheep, oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground, and then the army ate them with the blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So the army rushed greedily on the plunder, confiscating sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them right on the ground, and the army ate them blood and all. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and the people pounced upon the spoil, and took sheep, and cattle, and calves, and killed them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people ate them with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and the people pounced on the plunder, and took sheep, cattle, and calves, and killed them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the people make toward the spoil, and take sheep, and oxen, and sons of the herd, and slaughter on the earth, and the people eat with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the people make unto the spoil, and take sheep, and oxen, and sons of the herd, and slaughter on the earth, and the people eat with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the people will make to the spoil, and they will take sheep and oxen, and the young of oxen, and they will slaughter on the earth: and the people will eat upon the blood.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And falling upon the spoils, they took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people ate them with the blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And turning to the spoils, they took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and they slew them on the ground. And the people ate with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So the army pounced upon the plunder and took sheep, oxen, and calves, slaughtering them on the ground and eating the meat with the blood in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />so the troops flew upon the spoil, and took sheep and oxen and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and the troops ate them with the blood.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then the people rushed greedily on the spoil, and took sheep and oxen and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the people seized greedily on the loot, and they drove sheep and bulls and calves and they killed on the ground and the people ate with the blood<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people did eat them with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the people turned to the spoil; and the people took flocks, and herds, and calves, and slew them on the ground, and the people ate with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/14-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=3727" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/14.htm">Jonathan Eats the Honey</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">31</span>That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint. <span class="reftext">32</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: way·ya·ʿaś (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">So they rushed greedily</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/7998.htm" title="7998: šå̄·lå̄l (Art:: N-ms) -- A prey, spoil, plunder, booty. From shalal; booty.">the plunder,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: way·yiq·ḥū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">taking</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: ṣōn (N-cs) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">sheep,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1241.htm" title="1241: ū·ḇā·qār (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Cattle, herd, an ox. From baqar; beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender; collectively, a herd.">cattle,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ū·ḇə·nê (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">and calves.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1241.htm" title="1241: ḇā·qār (N-ms) -- Cattle, herd, an ox. From baqar; beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender; collectively, a herd."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7819.htm" title="7819: way·yiš·ḥă·ṭū- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To slaughter, beat. A primitive root; to slaughter.">They slaughtered them</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ā·rə·ṣāh (N-fs:: 3fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">on the ground</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: way·yō·ḵal (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">and ate</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">meat with</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: had·dām (Art:: N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">the blood still in it.</a> </span><span class="reftext">33</span>Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/17-10.htm">Leviticus 17:10-14</a></span><br />If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people. / For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul. / Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-16.htm">Deuteronomy 12:16</a></span><br />but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-23.htm">Deuteronomy 12:23-25</a></span><br />Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat. / You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water. / Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-4.htm">Genesis 9:4</a></span><br />But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-20.htm">Acts 15:20</a></span><br />Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-29.htm">Acts 15:29</a></span><br />You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/33-25.htm">Ezekiel 33:25</a></span><br />Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/3-17.htm">Leviticus 3:17</a></span><br />This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/7-26.htm">Leviticus 7:26-27</a></span><br />You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings. / If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-23.htm">Deuteronomy 15:23</a></span><br />But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/21-25.htm">Acts 21:25</a></span><br />As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-21.htm">Romans 14:21</a></span><br />It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-7.htm">1 Corinthians 8:7-13</a></span><br />But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. / But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. / Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-28.htm">1 Corinthians 10:28-31</a></span><br />But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience— / the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience? / If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm">Leviticus 19:26</a></span><br />You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the people flew on the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.</p><p class="hdg">flew</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/15-19.htm">1 Samuel 15:19</a></b></br> Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/9-4.htm">Genesis 9:4</a></b></br> But flesh with the life thereof, <i>which is</i> the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/3-17.htm">Leviticus 3:17</a></b></br> <i>It shall be</i> a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/7-26.htm">Leviticus 7:26,27</a></b></br> Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, <i>whether it be</i> of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/9-24.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/judges/15-16.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-24.htm">Butchered</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-10.htm">Calves</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-16.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-13.htm">Death</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-15.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-24.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-5.htm">Herd</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-14.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-14.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-14.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-30.htm">Plunder</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-11.htm">Rushed</a> <a href="/judges/20-37.htm">Rushing</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-17.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-30.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-13.htm">Slew</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-30.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-20.htm">Together</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-6.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/20-34.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-33.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-24.htm">Butchered</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-9.htm">Calves</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-3.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-39.htm">Death</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-46.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-33.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-14.htm">Herd</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-34.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-24.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-9.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-19.htm">Plunder</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-19.htm">Rushed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-17.htm">Rushing</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-34.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-57.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-34.htm">Slew</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-36.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-4.htm">Together</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-9.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-1.htm">Jonathan goes and miraculously smites the Philistine's garrison</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-15.htm">A divine terror makes them beat themselves</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-17.htm">Saul, not staying the priest's answer, sets on them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-21.htm">The captivated Hebrews, and the hidden Israelites, join against them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-24.htm">Saul's unadvised adjuration hinders the victory</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-31.htm">He restrains the people from eating blood</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-35.htm">He builds an altar</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-37.htm">Jonathan, taken by lot, is save by the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-47.htm">Saul's victories, strength, and family</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The term "rushed greedily" indicates a lack of restraint and discipline, reflecting the desperation of the soldiers. This behavior can be linked to Saul's earlier oath that cursed anyone who ate before evening, which left the troops famished (<a href="/1_samuel/14-24.htm">1 Samuel 14:24</a>). The urgency and lack of control in their actions highlight the consequences of Saul's rash vow, which inadvertently led to sin.<p><b>taking sheep, cattle, and calves</b><br>The plunder consisted of livestock, which was a common form of wealth and sustenance in ancient times. Sheep, cattle, and calves were valuable not only for their meat but also for their wool, milk, and labor. The choice of these animals underscores the immediate need for food and the abundance of resources left by the fleeing Philistines. This scene is reminiscent of other biblical instances where livestock was taken as spoils of war, such as in the conquest narratives of Joshua.<p><b>They slaughtered them on the ground</b><br>The act of slaughtering on the ground suggests haste and a lack of proper ritual preparation. In Israelite culture, sacrifices and slaughtering of animals were typically done with specific rituals and at designated places, such as the tabernacle. The ground slaughtering indicates a departure from these practices, emphasizing the soldiers' urgent need to eat and their disregard for ceremonial law. This act can be contrasted with the detailed sacrificial laws in Leviticus, which stress the importance of proper procedures.<p><b>and ate meat with the blood still in it</b><br>Eating meat with blood was explicitly forbidden in the Mosaic Law (<a href="/leviticus/17-10.htm">Leviticus 17:10-14</a>). Blood was considered sacred, representing life, and was to be drained and offered to God. The consumption of blood was a serious violation, reflecting a deeper spiritual and moral lapse among the Israelites. This incident foreshadows the New Testament teaching in <a href="/acts/15-20.htm">Acts 15:20</a>, where abstaining from blood is reiterated for Gentile believers. Theologically, this act underscores the need for obedience to God's commands and the consequences of neglecting divine law.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/saul.htm">Saul</a></b><br>The first king of Israel, who had given a rash oath that led to the troops' disobedience.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jonathan.htm">Jonathan</a></b><br>Saul's son, who was unaware of his father's oath and had earlier led a successful attack against the Philistines.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelite_troops.htm">Israelite Troops</a></b><br>The soldiers who, in their hunger, violated God's law by eating meat with blood.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/philistines.htm">Philistines</a></b><br>The enemies of Israel, from whom the Israelites took the plunder.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/gilgal.htm">Gilgal</a></b><br>The place where Saul later built an altar to address the sin of the troops.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_rash_decisions.htm">The Consequences of Rash Decisions</a></b><br>Saul's impulsive oath led to unintended sin among the troops. Leaders must consider the impact of their decisions on others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>The troops' actions violated God's law, reminding us of the importance of adhering to God's commands, even in difficult circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_desperation.htm">The Dangers of Desperation</a></b><br>In their hunger, the troops acted without regard for God's law. We must guard against letting desperation lead us into sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_repentance.htm">The Role of Repentance</a></b><br>Saul's later actions to rectify the situation highlight the need for repentance and seeking God's forgiveness when we fall short.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_spiritual_discernment.htm">The Value of Spiritual Discernment</a></b><br>Jonathan's earlier success without knowing of the oath shows the importance of seeking God's guidance and wisdom in all situations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_deut._12_15-16's_blood_ban_fit_then.htm">In Deuteronomy 12:15–16, how does the prohibition of consuming blood align with common butchering methods and dietary practices of that era? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_god_change_his_mind_or_not.htm">Does God change his mind? I Samuel 15:10-11, 15:35, and Genesis 6:6-7 suggest yes, while I Samuel 15:29 suggests no. How do these contradictions reconcile?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_honor_saul's_fast_if_it_led_to_sin.htm">Why would God honor Saul's command to fast when it led the soldiers to sin by eating meat with blood (1 Samuel 14:24, 31-33)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_1_chr_14_8-17_and_2_sam_5.htm">1 Chronicles 14:8-17 - How do we reconcile any discrepancies between this account of David's battles with the Philistines and the parallel text in 2 Samuel 5?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(32) <span class= "bld">And the people flew upon the spoil . . . </span>--No doubt, had the men of Israel not been so faint for want of food, and utterly weary, many more of the Philistine host would have fallen: as it was, vast spoil was left behind in the hurried flight; but it was the beasts that the conquerors greedily seized, their hunger was so great. "The moment that the day, with its enforced fast, was over, they flew, like Mussulmans at sunset during the fast of Ramazan, upon the captured cattle, and devoured them, even to the brutal neglect of the Law forbidding the eating of flesh which contained blood."--<span class= "ital">Stanley. </span>(See <a href="/context/leviticus/17-10.htm" title="And whatever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eats any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.">Leviticus 17:10-14</a>; <a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm" title="You shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall you use enchantment, nor observe times.">Leviticus 19:26</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 32.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The people flew upon the spoil.</span> The written text has, "And the people set to work upon the spoil, and took sheep," etc., but as the sentence is not very grammatical the <span class="accented">kri</span> has corrected it from <a href="/1_samuel/15-19.htm">1 Samuel 15:19</a>. The versions have either "greedily desired," or "turned themselves unto." The people who had waited until evening, when the oath forced upon them by Saul was over, then in their hunger broke the law doubly: first in killing calves with their dams on the same day (<a href="/leviticus/22-28.htm">Leviticus 22:28</a>), and secondly, more seriously, in so killing them "on the ground" that the blood remained in the carcase. The law enjoined the utmost care in this respect (<span class="accented">ibid.</span> 17:10-14), but the people were too weary and hungry to trouble about it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/14-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So they rushed greedily</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֤עַט</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘aṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the plunder,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׁלָ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šā·lāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7998.htm">Strong's 7998: </a> </span><span class="str2">A prey, spoil, plunder, booty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">taking</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקְח֨וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sheep,</span><br /><span class="heb">צֹ֧אן</span> <span class="translit">(ṣōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cattle,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָקָ֛ר</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā·qār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1241.htm">Strong's 1241: </a> </span><span class="str2">Beef cattle, ox, a herd</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and calves.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְנֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">They slaughtered them</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשְׁחֲטוּ־</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiš·ḥă·ṭū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7819.htm">Strong's 7819: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slaughter, beat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the ground</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֑רְצָה</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·rə·ṣāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and ate</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֥אכַל</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">meat with</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the blood still in it.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַדָּֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(had·dām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/14-32.htm">1 Samuel 14:32 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/14-32.htm">1 Samuel 14:32 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/14-32.htm">1 Samuel 14:32 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/14-32.htm">1 Samuel 14:32 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/14-32.htm">1 Samuel 14:32 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/14-32.htm">1 Samuel 14:32 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/14-32.htm">1 Samuel 14:32 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/14-32.htm">1 Samuel 14:32 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/14-32.htm">1 Samuel 14:32 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/14-32.htm">1 Samuel 14:32 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/14-32.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 14:32 And the people flew on the spoil (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/14-31.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 14:31"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 14:31" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/14-33.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 14:33"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 14:33" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>