1 Samuël 14:16

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

Toen de schildwachten van Saul te Gibea in Benjamin zagen dat de legerplaats heen en weer golfde,

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
En toen de wachters van Saul te Gibea Benjamins zagen, dat de hoop versmolt en verliep en verslagen werd,

Staten Vertaling
Als nu de wachters van Saul te Gibea-benjamins zagen, dat, ziet, de menigte versmolt, en doorging, en geklopt werd;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

melted away: Psalms 58:7, Psalms 68:2

beating down: 1 Samuel 14:20, Judges 7:22, 2 Chronicles 20:22-25, Isaiah 19:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:15 - melt Leviticus 26:37 - they shall Joshua 2:9 - faint Jeremiah 13:14 - I will dash Jeremiah 51:46 - ruler against Haggai 2:22 - every

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked,.... The city of Gibeah was built on an hill, from where it had its name; and these watchmen or sentinels of Saul were set by him no doubt in the highest part of it, whereby they could overlook the army of the Philistines as they lay encamped, and could observe their motions, and give notice accordingly; and it being now broad day light, could see the condition they were in:

and, behold, the multitude melted away; like snow gradually, and yet apace; they could discern their numbers lessening more and more, through the slaughter of many made among them by one another, and the flight of others; and they went on beating down one another; they could perceive they fled with great precipitation, throwing one another down in running, tumbling over one another, and trampling on each other which were in their way.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Multitude - The word is in 1 Samuel 14:19 (margin) rendered tumult. It must have the same meaning here. The sentence is obscure and probably corrupt; perhaps it means, “and behold the tumult! and it went on” (increased) “melting away and beating down.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 14:16. The watchmen of Saul — Those who were sent out as scouts to observe the motions of the army.

Melted away — There was no order in the Philistine camp, and the people were dispersing in all directions. The Vulgate has, Et ecce multitudo prostrata, "And behold the multitude were prostrate;" many lay dead upon the field, partly by the sword of Jonathan and his armour-bearer, and partly by the swords of each other, 1 Samuel 14:20.