1 Samuel 14:23

Contemporary English Version

So the Lord helped Israel win the battle that day. Saul had earlier told his soldiers, "I want to get even with those Philistines by sunset. If any of you eat before then, you will be under a curse!" So he made them swear not to eat. By the time the fighting moved past Beth-Aven, the Israelite troops were weak from hunger.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the Lord saved Israel that day.

Hebrew Names Version
So the LORD saved Yisra'el that day: and the battle passed over by Beit-Aven.

King James Version
So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.

Lexham English Bible
So on that day Yahweh delivered Israel, and the battle shifted to Beth Aven.

English Standard Version
So the Lord saved Israel that day. And the battle passed beyond Beth-aven.

New Century Version
So the Lord saved the Israelites that day, and the battle moved on past Beth Aven.

New English Translation
So the Lord delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven.

Amplified Bible
So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle spread beyond Beth-aven.

New American Standard Bible
So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle spread beyond Beth-aven.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And so the Lord saued Israel that day: and the battell continued vnto Beth-auen.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Yahweh saved Israel that day, and the battle spread beyond Beth-aven.

Complete Jewish Bible
So Adonai saved Isra'el that day, and the battle spread as far as Beit-Aven.

Darby Translation
And Jehovah saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over beyond Beth-Aven.

Easy-to-Read Version
So the Lord saved the Israelites that day. The battle moved on past Beth Aven. The whole army was with Saul—he now had about 10,000 men. The battle spread to every city in the hill country of Ephraim.

George Lamsa Translation
So the LORD saved Israel that day; then the men of Israel passed over to Beth-aon to battle.

Good News Translation
fighting all the way beyond Bethaven. The Lord saved Israel that day.

Literal Translation
And Jehovah saved Israel that day. And the battle passed over to Beth-aven.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus ye LORDE helped Israel at that tyme, and ye battayll lasted vnto Bethauen.

American Standard Version
So Jehovah saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over by Beth-aven.

Bible in Basic English
So the Lord made Israel safe that day: and the fight went over to Beth-aven.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so the Lorde saued Israel that day: and the battel continued vnto Bethauen.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
So the LORD saved Israel that day; and the battle passed on as far as Beth-aven.

King James Version (1611)
So the Lord saued Israel that day: and the battell passed ouer vnto Beth-auen.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the battle extended itself to every city in the mount Ephraim.

English Revised Version
So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over by Beth–aven.

Berean Standard Bible
So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord sauyde Israel in that day. Sotheli the batel cam til to Bethauen.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saveth Israel on that day, and the battle hath passed over to Beth-Aven.

Update Bible Version
So Yahweh saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over by Beth-aven.

Webster's Bible Translation
So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over to Beth-aven.

World English Bible
So Yahweh saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over by Beth-aven.

New King James Version
So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle shifted to Beth Aven.

New Living Translation
So the Lord saved Israel that day, and the battle continued to rage even beyond Beth-aven.

New Life Bible
So the Lord saved Israel that day. And the battle spread farther than Beth-aven.

New Revised Standard
So the Lord gave Israel the victory that day. The battle passed beyond Beth-aven, and the troops with Saul numbered altogether about ten thousand men. The battle spread out over the hill country of Ephraim.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus did Yahweh, on that day, save Israel, - and, the battle, passed over by Beth-aven.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord saved Israel that day. And the fight went on as far as Bethaven.

Revised Standard Version
So the LORD delivered Israel that day; and the battle passed beyond Beth-a'ven.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the LORD delivered Israel that day, and the battle spread beyond Beth-aven.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ Saul's lookouts at Geba saw that the Philistine army was running in every direction, like melted wax. ¹⁷ Saul told his officers, "Call the roll and find out who left our camp." When they had finished, they found out that Jonathan and the soldier who carried his weapons were missing. ¹⁸ At that time, Ahijah was serving as priest for the army of Israel, and Saul told him, "Come over here! Let's ask God what we should do." ¹⁹ Just as Saul finished saying this, he could see that the Philistine army camp was getting more and more confused, and he said, "Ahijah, never mind!" ²⁰ Saul quickly called his army together, then led them to the Philistine camp. By this time the Philistines were so confused that they were killing each other. ²¹ There were also some hired soldiers in the Philistine camp, who now switched to Israel's side and fought for Saul and Jonathan. ²² Many Israelites had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim. And when they heard that the Philistines were running away, they came out of hiding and joined in chasing the Philistines. ²³So the Lord helped Israel win the battle that day. Saul had earlier told his soldiers, "I want to get even with those Philistines by sunset. If any of you eat before then, you will be under a curse!" So he made them swear not to eat. By the time the fighting moved past Beth-Aven, the Israelite troops were weak from hunger.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Lord: Exodus 14:30, Judges 2:18, 2 Kings 14:27, Psalms 44:6-8, Hosea 1:7

Bethaven: 1 Samuel 13:5

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:45 - who hath 2 Samuel 23:10 - the Lord 1 Chronicles 11:14 - and the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 14:12
They also captured Abram's nephew Lot, who lived in Sodom. They took him and his possessions and then left.

Genesis 14:15
That night, Abram divided up his troops, attacked from all sides, and won a great victory. But some of the enemy escaped to the town of Hobah north of Damascus,

Genesis 14:16
and Abram went after them. He brought back his nephew Lot, together with Lot's possessions and the women and everyone else who had been captured.

1 Kings 13:8
"No, I wouldn't go with you, even if you offered me half of your kingdom. I won't eat or drink here either.

2 Kings 5:16
"I am a servant of the living Lord ," Elisha answered, "and I swear that I will not take anything from you." Naaman kept begging, but Elisha kept refusing.

2 Kings 5:20
Gehazi said to himself, "Elisha let that Syrian off too easy. He should have taken Naaman's gift. I swear by the living Lord that I will talk to Naaman myself and get something from him."

2 Corinthians 12:14
I am planning to visit you for the third time. But I still won't make a burden of myself. What I really want is you, and not what you have. Children are not supposed to save up for their parents, but parents are supposed to take care of their children.

Hebrews 13:5
Don't fall in love with money. Be satisfied with what you have. The Lord has promised that he will not leave us or desert us.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So the Lord saved Israel that day, c] And a wonderful salvation it was, that two men should throw such a vast army into confusion, which issued in the utter rout and destruction of them this only could be of the Lord, to whom it is justly ascribed, and was the effect of his sovereign good will and pleasure, and of his unmerited goodness; a free favour bestowed on an undeserving prince, who had behaved ill to his prophet at Gilgal, and now to him and his high priest at Gibeah:

and the battle passed over unto Bethaven; the men of battle or war; those that made war, as the Targum, these pursued and went as far as Bethaven, or rather "passed Bethaven" q; they not only, went as far as that, but "from" it, as Ben Gersom and Abarbinel interpret it; they passed that place, and went on from thence in pursuit of the Philistines; for their camp at Michmash was eastward from this place, and had it on the east, 1 Samuel 13:5.

q עברה את בית און "transiit Bethaven", Montanus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator "vel, beliatores transierunt Bethaven", Pagninus, Vatablus, Drusius.