SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:24
¶ Pero los varones de Israel fueron puestos en apuro aquel día; porque Saúl había conjurado al pueblo, diciendo: Cualquiera que comiere pan hasta la tarde, hasta que haya tomado venganza de mis enemigos, sea maldito. Y todo el pueblo no había gustado pan.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 14:24
Verse 24. Saul had adjured the people] He was afraid, if they waited to refresh themselves, the Philistines would escape out of their hands, and therefore he made the taking any food till sunset a capital crime. This was the very means of defeating his own intention; for as the people were exhausted for want of food, they could not continue the pursuit of their enemies: had it not been for this foolish adjuration, there had been a greater slaughter of the Philistines, ver. 30.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 24. And the men of Israel were distressed that day , etc.] By reason of the following order Saul gave with an oath, forbidding any to taste meat till evening, when the people were faint and weary, which is the common sense of interpreters; but Jarchi interprets it, the men of Israel were ready, forward, and hasty, and drew nigh to fight with the Philistines, and so refers it to the persons before mentioned, who came out of their lurking places; and this sense is approved of by Abarbinel: “for”, or “and Saul had adjured”, or “did adjure the people”; or willed them, signified to them his will and pleasure, which would not have been so much amiss, had he not annexed a curse to it, as follows: saying, cursed be the man that eateth any food until the evening : or “bread”, which comprehends all food, and among the rest honey; the design of which was, that no time might be lost, and that he might make the victory over the Philistines, and their destruction, as complete as possible; though it may seem a little too hard and severe upon the people, and too imperious in him, as well as imprudent; since a little refreshment would have animated and enabled them to have pursued their enemies with more ardour and rigour; and yet by the lot afterwards made, it seems to have been countenanced by the Lord: that I may be avenged on mine enemies ; who long tyrannised over the people of Israel, more or less for many years, and lately had sadly spoiled and plundered them: so none of the people tasted any food ; so observant were they of, and so obedient to the order of their king, and so much awed by the oath or imprecation annexed to it; though they were faint and hungry, and had an opportunity of refreshing themselves as follows, which was no small temptation to disobedience.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 24-35 - Saul's severe order was very unwise; if it gained time, it los strength for the pursuit. Such is the nature of our bodies, that dail work cannot be done without daily bread, which therefore our Father in heaven graciously gives. Saul was turning aside from God, and now he begins to build altars, being then most zealous, as many are, for the form of godliness when he was denying the power of it.
Original Hebrew
ואישׁ 376 ישׂראל 3478 נגשׂ 5065 ביום 3117 ההוא 1931 ויאל 422 שׁאול 7586 את 853 העם 5971 לאמר 559 ארור 779 האישׁ 376 אשׁר 834 יאכל 398 לחם 3899 עד 5704 הערב 6153 ונקמתי 5358 מאיבי 341 ולא 3808 טעם 2938 כל 3605 העם 5971 לחם׃ 3899
