1Sa_14:28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed [be] the man that eateth [any] food this day. And the people were faint.
Ver. 28. Then answered one of the people.] To Jonathan, who haply had exhorted them to refresh themselves, as he had done, or to follow hard after the enemies.
And the people were faint.] Weak and weary with hunger and hard labour. Animantis cuiusque vita in fuga est. Were it not for the repair of nutrition, life would soon be extinct.