1 Samuel 14:31

31 Aquel día los israelitas mataron filisteos desde Micmás hasta Ayalón. Y como los soldados estaban exhaustos,

1 Samuel 14:31 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 14:31

And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to
Aijalon
Michmash was the place where the camp of the Philistines was when Jonathan first attacked them, and from whence they fled, and they were pursued by the Israelites that day as far as Aijalon. There was a city of this name in the tribe of Dan, famous for the moon standing still in a valley adjoining to it, in the time of Joshua, ( Joshua 10:12 ) ( 19:42 ) and another in the tribe of Zebulun, ( Judges 12:12 ) , but they both seem to be at too great a distance to be the place here meant, which rather seems to be Aijalon in the tribe of Judah, ( 2 Chronicles 11:10 ) according to Bunting ^F26, it was twelve miles from Michmash:

and the people were very faint;
as they might well be, with pursuing the enemy so many miles, and doing so much execution among them, without eating any food.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Travels of the Patriarchs p. 127.

1 Samuel 14:31 In-Context

29 —Mi padre le ha causado un gran daño al país —respondió Jonatán—. Miren cómo me volvió el color al rostro cuando probé un poco de esta miel.

30 ¡Imagínense si todo el ejército hubiera comido del botín que se le arrebató al enemigo! ¡Cuánto mayor habría sido el estrago causado a los filisteos!

31 Aquel día los israelitas mataron filisteos desde Micmás hasta Ayalón. Y como los soldados estaban exhaustos,

32 echaron mano del botín. Agarraron ovejas, vacas y terneros, los degollaron sobre el suelo, y se comieron la carne con todo y sangre.

33 Entonces le contaron a Saúl:—Los soldados están pecando contra el SEÑOR, pues están comiendo carne junto con la sangre.—¡Son unos traidores! —replicó Saúl—. Hagan rodar una piedra grande, y tráiganmela ahora mismo.