1 Samuël 14:21

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

En de Hebreen die tot de Filistijnen in dezelfde verhouding als gisteren en eergisteren gebleven en met hen te velde getrokken waren, ook zij keerden zich om en kozen partij voor de Israelieten die bij Saul en Jonathan waren.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Ook de Hebren, die te voren bij de Filistijnen geweest waren, en met hen waren opgetrokken in het leger rondom, voegden zich bij de Isralieten, die bij Saul en Jonathan waren.

Staten Vertaling
Er waren ook Hebreen bij de Filistijnen, als eertijds, die met hen in het leger opgetogen waren rondom; dezen nu vervoegden zich ook met de Israelieten, die bij Saul en Jonathan waren.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Hebrews: Probably such as they held in bondage, or who were their servants. Instead of (haivrim) "the Hebrews," the LXX evidently read haavdim, for they have ןי הןץכןי, "the slaves;" but this reading is not countenanced by any other version, nor by any manuscript 1 Samuel 29:4, Judges 7:23

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 17:52 - the men of Israel

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover, the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time,.... Who either were their servants and bondsmen they brought along with them, or such in whose cities they dwelt, or had taken as they came along, and forced into their army; or it may be some of them were renegades from the Israelites, deserters, who for safety and subsistence betook themselves to them as the stronger party. The Greek version reads,

"the servants that were with the Philistines:''

which went up with them into the camp [from the country] round about; either willingly or by force; the words, "from the country", are not in the text, wherefore some observe, as Kimchi and Abarbinel, that this respects their being round about the camp, and that they were not within it, but without it, that if possible they might escape fighting against the Israelites:

even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan; who were now joined; when they saw the dread and confusion in the camp of the Philistines, and them destroying one another, and the Israelites prevailing over them, victorious and pursuing, they took part with them, and assisted them in completing the victory.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 14:21. The Hebrews that were with the Philistines — We may understand such as they held in bondage, or who were their servants. Instead of Hebrews the Septuagint read, οι δουλοι, the slaves; from which it is evident that, instead of עברים Ibrim, Hebrews, they found in their text עבדים abadim, servants. But this reading is not countenanced by any other version, nor by any MS. yet discovered.