1 Samuel 14 - Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible

Saul forbids the people to eat till evening.

Saul's severe order was very unwise; if it gained time, it lost strength for the pursuit. Such is the nature of our bodies, that daily 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. (1Sa 14:36-46)