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Legacy Standard Bible

1 Samuel 17:53

Then the sons of Israel returned from hotly pursuing the Philistines and plundered their camps.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Championship;   Decision;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Spoils of War;   Stories for Children;   War;   War-Peace;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Goliath;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Philistia, philistines;   Saul, king of israel;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Giant;   Samuel, Books of;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Goliath;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Tent;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When the Israelites returned from the pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.
Hebrew Names Version
The children of Yisra'el returned from chasing after the Pelishtim, and they plundered their camp.
King James Version
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
Lexham English Bible
Then the Israelites returned from pursuing the Philistines and plundered their camp.
English Standard Version
And the people of Israel came back from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
New Century Version
The Israelites returned after chasing the Philistines and robbed their camp.
New English Translation
When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp.
Amplified Bible
The sons of Israel returned from their pursuit of the Philistines and plundered their camp.
New American Standard Bible
Then the sons of Israel returned from their close pursuit of the Philistines, and plundered their camps.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the children of Israel returned from pursuing the Philistims, & spoyled their tents.
Contemporary English Version
When the Israelite army returned from chasing the Philistines, they took what they wanted from the enemy camp.
Complete Jewish Bible
After chasing the P'lishtim, the army of Isra'el returned and plundered their camp.
Darby Translation
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they pillaged their camps.
Easy-to-Read Version
After chasing the Philistines, the Israelites came back to the Philistine camp and took many things from that camp.
George Lamsa Translation
And the children of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines, and plundered their camps.
Good News Translation
When the Israelites came back from pursuing the Philistines, they looted their camp.
Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel returned from hotly pursuing the Philistines; and they pillaged their camps.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the children of Israel turned agayne from chasynge of the Philistynes, and spoyled their tentes.
American Standard Version
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
Bible in Basic English
Then the children of Israel came back from going after the Philistines, and took their goods from the tents.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and spoyled their tentes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their camp.
King James Version (1611)
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the men of Israel returned from pursuing after the Philistines, and they destroyed their camp.
English Revised Version
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their camp.
Berean Standard Bible
When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the sones of Israel turneden ayen, aftir that thei hadden pursuede Filisteis, and thei assailiden `the tentis of hem.
Young's Literal Translation
and the sons of Israel turn back from burning after the Philistines, and spoil their camps.
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the children of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their tents.
World English Bible
The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
New King James Version
Then the children of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their tents.
New Living Translation
Then the Israelite army returned and plundered the deserted Philistine camp.
New Life Bible
Then the Israelites returned from following the Philistines and took what had belonged to them among their tents.
New Revised Standard
The Israelites came back from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the sons of Israel returned from hotly pursuing the Philistines, - and plundered their camps.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of Israel returning, after they had pursued the Philistines, fell upon their camp.
Revised Standard Version
And the Israelites came back from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines and plundered their camps.

Contextual Overview

48Then it happened when the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, that David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. 49And David sent his hand down into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground. 50Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and he struck the Philistine and put him to death; but there was no sword in David's hand. 51Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and put him to death and cut off his head with it. Then the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, so they fled. 52But the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted and pursued the Philistines as far as the valley and to the gates of Ekron. And the slain Philistines lay fallen along the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and Ekron. 53Then the sons of Israel returned from hotly pursuing the Philistines and plundered their camps. 54And David took the Philistine's head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his weapons in his tent. 55Now when Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, "Abner, whose son is this young man?" And Abner said, "By your life, O king, I do not know." 56And the king said, "You inquire whose son the youth is." 57So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine's head in his hand.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they spoiled: 2 Kings 7:7-16, Jeremiah 4:20, Jeremiah 30:16

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 19:5 - wrought 2 Kings 7:16 - spoiled the tents

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines,.... The remainder that escaped having got into their fortified cities:

and they spoiled their tents; which they left in their camp, all their armour, goods, money, and provisions, they found there, they seized upon as their prey and booty; these they did not stay to meddle with as soon as the Philistines fled, but first pursued them, and slew as many of them as they could, and then returned to the spoil; which was wisely done.


 
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