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1 Samuel 7:11

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beth-Car;   Intercession;   Samuel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Beth-Car;   Ebenezer;   Mizpah or Mizpeh;   Philistines;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Mizpah;   Philistia, philistines;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Covenant;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Beth-Car;   Eben-Ezer;   Mizpah;   Prayer;   Samuel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bethcar;   Judges, the Book of;   Philistia;   Samson;   Samuel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bethcar;   Mizpah, Mizpeh;   Philistines, the;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Beth-Car;   Mediator, Mediation;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethcar ;   Mizpah, Mizpeh ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ebenezer;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Mizpah;   Samuel;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Beth'-Car;   Sam'uel;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Samuel the Prophet;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Beth-Car;   Judges, Period of;   Mediation;   Prayer;   Samuel;   Samuel, Books of;   Sorek, Valley of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Dan;   Philistines;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines striking them down all the way to a place below Beth-car.
Hebrew Names Version
The men of Yisra'el went out of Mitzpah, and pursued the Pelishtim, and struck them, until they came under Beit-Kar.
King James Version
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.
Lexham English Bible
Then the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and they struck them down as far as below Beth Car.
English Standard Version
And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and struck them, as far as below Beth-car.
New Century Version
The men of Israel ran out of Mizpah and chased the Philistines almost to Beth Car, killing the Philistines along the way.
New English Translation
Then the men of Israel left Mizpah and chased the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth Car.
Amplified Bible
And the men of Israel came out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and struck them down as far as [the territory] below Beth-car.
New American Standard Bible
And the men of Israel came out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and killed them as far as below Beth-car.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the men of Israel went from Mizpeh and pursued the Philistims, and smote them vntill they came vnder Beth-car.
Legacy Standard Bible
So the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and struck them down as far as below Beth-car.
Contemporary English Version
The men of Israel left Mizpah and went after them as far as the hillside below Beth-Car, killing every enemy soldier they caught.
Complete Jewish Bible
The men of Isra'el went out from Mitzpah, pursuing the P'lishtim and attacking them all the way to Beit-Kar.
Darby Translation
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, as far as below Beth-car.
Easy-to-Read Version
The men of Israel ran out of Mizpah and chased the Philistines all the way to Beth Car. They killed Philistine soldiers all along the way.
George Lamsa Translation
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh and pursued the Philistines and smote them as far as below Beth-jashan.
Good News Translation
The Israelites marched out from Mizpah and pursued the Philistines almost as far as Bethcar, killing them along the way.
Literal Translation
And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and struck them as far as below Beth-car.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The wente ye men of Israel forth, & chaced ye Philistynes, & smote them till vnder BethCar.
American Standard Version
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car.
Bible in Basic English
And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and went after the Philistines, attacking them till they came under Beth-car.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the men of Israel went out of Mispah, and pursued the Philistines, & smote the vntill [they came] vnder Bethchar.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car.
King James Version (1611)
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, vntill they came vnder Bethcar.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the men of Israel went forth out of Massephath, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them to the parts under Baethchor.
English Revised Version
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth–car.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the sones of Israel yeden out of Masphat, and pursueden Filisteis, and smytiden hem `til to the place that was vndur Bethachar.
Young's Literal Translation
And the men of Israel go out from Mizpeh, and pursue the Philistines, and smite them unto the place of Beth-Car.
Update Bible Version
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until [they came] under Beth-car.
World English Bible
The men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and struck them, until they came under Beth-car.
New King James Version
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and drove them back as far as below Beth Car.
New Living Translation
The men of Israel chased them from Mizpah to a place below Beth-car, slaughtering them all along the way.
New Life Bible
The men of Israel left Mizpah and went after the Philistines, killing them almost as far as Bethcar.
New Revised Standard
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and struck them down as far as beyond Beth-car.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the men of Israel went forth out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, - and smote them as far as under Beth-car.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the men of Israel going out of Masphath, pursued after the Philistines, and made slaughter of them till they came under Bethchar.
Revised Standard Version
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, as far as below Beth-car.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and struck them down as far as below Beth-car.

Contextual Overview

7 When the Philistines heard that Israel was meeting at Mizpah, the Philistine leaders went on the offensive. Israel got the report and became frightened—Philistines on the move again! 8 They pleaded with Samuel, "Pray with all your might! And don't let up! Pray to God , our God, that he'll save us from the boot of the Philistines." 9 Samuel took a young lamb not yet weaned and offered it whole as a Whole-Burnt-Offering to God . He prayed fervently to God , interceding for Israel. And God answered. 10While Samuel was offering the sacrifice, the Philistines came within range to fight Israel. Just then God thundered, a huge thunderclap exploding among the Philistines. They panicked—mass confusion!—and ran helter-skelter from Israel. Israel poured out of Mizpah and gave chase, killing Philistines right and left, to a point just beyond Beth Car. Samuel took a single rock and set it upright between Mizpah and Shen. He named it "Ebenezer" (Rock of Help), saying, "This marks the place where God helped us."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bethcar: This place was probably situated in the tribe of Dan. Josephus calls it ןססביןי the LXX ביטקןס Targum, Betḣsaron; Syriac and Arabic Betḣjasan; by which Houbigant supposes is meant Beth-shan. 1 Samuel 7:11

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:7 - flee before

Cross-References

Genesis 6:17
"I'm going to bring a flood on the Earth that will destroy everything alive under Heaven. Total destruction.
Genesis 7:5
Noah did everything God commanded him.
Genesis 7:6
Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters covered the Earth. Noah and his wife and sons and their wives boarded the ship to escape the flood. Clean and unclean animals, birds, and all the crawling creatures came in pairs to Noah and to the ship, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah. In seven days the floodwaters came.
Genesis 7:11
It was the six-hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month that it happened: all the underground springs erupted and all the windows of Heaven were thrown open. Rain poured for forty days and forty nights.
Genesis 7:24
The floodwaters took over for 150 days.
2 Kings 7:2
The attendant on whom the king leaned for support said to the Holy Man, "You expect us to believe that? Trapdoors opening in the sky and food tumbling out?" "You'll watch it with your own eyes," he said, "but you will not eat so much as a mouthful!"
Isaiah 24:19
The Landscape Will Be a Moonscape Danger ahead! God 's about to ravish the earth and leave it in ruins, Rip everything out by the roots and send everyone scurrying: priests and laypeople alike, owners and workers alike, celebrities and nobodies alike, buyers and sellers alike, bankers and beggars alike, the haves and have-nots alike. The landscape will be a moonscape, totally wasted. And why? Because God says so. He's issued the orders. The earth turns gaunt and gray, the world silent and sad, sky and land lifeless, colorless. Earth is polluted by its very own people, who have broken its laws, Disrupted its order, violated the sacred and eternal covenant. Therefore a curse, like a cancer, ravages the earth. Its people pay the price of their sacrilege. They dwindle away, dying out one by one. No more wine, no more vineyards, no more songs or singers. The laughter of castanets is gone, the shouts of celebrants, gone, the laughter of fiddles, gone. No more parties with toasts of champagne. Serious drinkers gag on their drinks. The chaotic cities are unlivable. Anarchy reigns. Every house is boarded up, condemned. People riot in the streets for wine, but the good times are gone forever— no more joy for this old world. The city is dead and deserted, bulldozed into piles of rubble. That's the way it will be on this earth. This is the fate of all nations: An olive tree shaken clean of its olives, a grapevine picked clean of its grapes. But there are some who will break into glad song. Out of the west they'll shout of God 's majesty. Yes, from the east God 's glory will ascend. Every island of the sea Will broadcast God 's fame, the fame of the God of Israel. From the four winds and the seven seas we hear the singing: "All praise to the Righteous One!" But I said, "That's all well and good for somebody, but all I can see is doom, doom, and more doom." All of them at one another's throats, yes, all of them at one another's throats. Terror and pits and booby traps are everywhere, whoever you are. If you run from the terror, you'll fall into the pit. If you climb out of the pit, you'll get caught in the trap. Chaos pours out of the skies. The foundations of earth are crumbling. Earth is smashed to pieces, earth is ripped to shreds, earth is wobbling out of control, Earth staggers like a drunk, sways like a shack in a high wind. Its piled-up sins are too much for it. It collapses and won't get up again. That's when God will call on the carpet rebel powers in the skies and Rebel kings on earth. They'll be rounded up like prisoners in a jail, Corralled and locked up in a jail, and then sentenced and put to hard labor. Shamefaced moon will cower, humiliated, red-faced sun will skulk, disgraced, Because God -of-the-Angel-Armies will take over, ruling from Mount Zion and Jerusalem, Splendid and glorious before all his leaders.
Ezekiel 26:19
"The Message of God , the Master: ‘When I turn you into a wasted city, a city empty of people, a ghost town, and when I bring up the great ocean deeps and cover you, then I'll push you down among those who go to the grave, the long, long dead. I'll make you live there, in the grave in old ruins, with the buried dead. You'll never see the land of the living again. I'll introduce you to the terrors of death and that'll be the end of you. They'll send out search parties for you, but you'll never be found. Decree of God , the Master.'"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh,.... To which they were encouraged by hearing or perceiving that the army of the Philistines was discomfited by the thunder, and lightning, and earthquake:

and pursued the Philistines; who, when they came out, were fleeing from the opening earth, and frightened with thunder and lightning, and many were killed, and all put in disorder; so that they stayed not to engage in battle with Israel, and who had nothing to do but to pursue their enemy:

and smote them: with what weapons of war they could get at Mizpeh, and with what some might have with them for private use, and in common wear; but more especially with the weapons of the Philistines, which they in their confusion and fright had thrown away:

until they came under Bethcar; a place so called; "car" signifies a lamb; here might be formerly a temple dedicated to the lamb, unless it had its name in memory of the lamb Samuel now offered, which was followed with such success. Josephus o calls this place Corraea; and in the Targum it is Bethsaron, which signifies a fruitful field or champaign country.

o Antiqu. l. 6. c. 2. sect. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Beth-car - This place is nowhere else mentioned. It seems to have stood on a hill overhanging the road from the Philistine territory to Mizpeh, and close to Ebenezer, 1 Samuel 4:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 7:11. Under Beth-car. — We know not where this place was; the Septuagint have Beth-chor; the Targum, Beth-saron; and the Syriac and Arabic, Beth-jasan.


 
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