SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:3
Y Ahías hijo de Ahitob, hermano de Icabod, hijo de Finees, hijo de Elí, sacerdote del SEÑOR en Silo, llevaba el efod; y no sabía el pueblo que Jonatán se hubiese ido.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 14:3
Verse 3. Ahiah, the son of Ahitub] Phinehas, son of Eli the high priests had two sons, Ahitub and I-chabod; the latter was born when the ark was taken, and his mother died immediately after. Ahiah is also called Ahimelech, chap. xxii. 9. Wearing an ephod.] That is, performing the functions of the high priest.
This man does not appear to have been with Saul when he offered the sacrifices, chap. xiii. 9, &c.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 3. And Ahiah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother , etc.] Ichabod was the child that Phinehas’s wife bore prematurely on hearing the news of the ark being taken and of the death of her husband and father-in-law, which name she gave him on that account, and died; (see 1 Samuel 4:19-22), he, it seems, had an elder brother, called Ahitub, who died young, and this Ahiah was the son of him; for not he, but Ahitub, was Ichabod’s brother: the son of Phinehas ; so Ichabod was: the son of Eli ; so Phinehas was: the Lord’s priest in Shiloh ; this refers not to Ahiah for he was not now priest in Shiloh, which was destroyed: and besides, he was now in the camp of Saul; but to Eli, who when living exercised the priest’s office in Shiloh: wearing an ephod ; as Ahiah now did; not such as common priests wore, but the ephod the high priest wore, which had the breastplate of judgment, the Urim and Thummim, in it, by which inquiry was made, ( 1 Samuel 14:37). The meaning of all this is, that the high priest is now with Saul, and the ark also, which and the high priest might be sent for on this occasion, ( 1 Samuel 14:18) and the people knew not that Jonathan was gone ; or they would have gone with him, namely, the military men that were particularly with him; he and Saul were in two different parts of Gibeah, with distinct bodies of men; whether the thousand that Jonathan first had with him all continued is not certain; it seems probable they did not; it can hardly be thought he should have more with him than were with Saul; (see 1 Samuel 14:2), though from ( 1 Samuel 14:17) they seem now to have been together.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-15 - Saul seems to have been quite at a loss, and unable to help himself Those can never think themselves safe who see themselves out of God' protection. Now he sent for a priest and the ark. He hopes to make u matters with the Almighty by a partial reformation, as many do whose hearts are unhumbled and unchanged. Many love to have ministers wh prophesy smooth things to them. Jonathan felt a Divine impulse an impression, putting him upon this bold adventure. God will direct the steps of those that acknowledge him in all their ways, and seek to his for direction, with full purpose of heart to follow his guidance Sometimes we find most comfort in that which is least our own doing and into which we have been led by the unexpected but well-observe turns of Divine providence. There was trembling in the host. It is called a trembling of God, signifying, not only a great trembling the could not resist, nor reason themselves out of, but that it came a once from the hand of God. He that made the heart, knows how to make it tremble.
Original Hebrew
ואחיה 281 בן 1121 אחטוב 285 אחי 251 איכבוד 350 בן 1121 פינחס 6372 בן 1121 עלי 5941 כהן 3548 יהוה 3068 בשׁלו 7887 נשׂא 5375 אפוד 646 והעם 5971 לא 3808 ידע 3045 כי 3588 הלך 1980 יונתן׃ 3129
