1 Samuel 14:28 meaning and explanation
Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”
1 Samuel 14:28, Berean Standard Bible
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A soldier answers Jonathan because Jonathan had not heard his father's command. Earlier that day Saul had placed the army under a solemn oath, cursing anyone who ate before evening, so that the troops were exhausted as they pursued the Philistines.
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