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1 Samuel 14:23

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beth-Aven;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Beth-Aven;   Philistines;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Philistia, philistines;   Salvation;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Day;   War, Holy War;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Philistines;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bethaven;   Michmash;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Beth-Aven;   Philistines, the;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Beth-Aven;   Gibeah;   Israel;   Jonathan;   Michmash;   Philistines;   Samuel, Books of;   Saul;   Urim and Thummim;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethaven ;   Jonathan ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Beth-aven;   Jonathan;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mig'ron;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Beth-Aven;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Beth-Aven;   Jonathan, Jehonathan;  

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.
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.
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 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 men who were watching in Gibeah of Benjamin looked and saw the people running away. They went here and there. 17 Saul said to the people who were with him, "Number them, and see who has left us." When they numbered, they found that Jonathan and the young man who carried his battle-clothes were not there. 18 Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring the special box of God here." For the special box of God was with the people of Israel at that time. 19 While Saul talked to the religious leader, the noise of the Philistines became louder. So Saul said to the religious leader, "Take your hand away." 20 Then Saul and all the people with him gathered together and went into the battle. Every man's sword was against the man next to him. It was as if no one knew what to do. 21 The Hebrews, who had been with the Philistines and had gone up with them among the tents returned. They returned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. 22 When all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had run away, they ran after them in the battle. 23 So the Lord saved Israel that day. And the battle spread farther than Beth-aven.

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 14:9
They fought against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five.
Genesis 14:12
They also took Lot, the son of Abram's brother, who lived in Sodom, and all that belonged to him, and left.
Genesis 14:15
Abram divided his army against them by night, he and his servants. They won the war against them, and followed them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
Genesis 14:16
Then Abram returned with all the things they had taken. He also returned with his brother's son Lot and all that belonged to him, and the women and the people.
1 Kings 13:8
But the man of God said to the king, "I would not go with you if you were to give me half your house. I would not eat bread or drink water in this place.
2 Kings 5:16
But Elisha said, "As the Lord lives, before Whom I stand, I will take nothing." Naaman tried to talk him into taking it, but he would not.
2 Kings 5:20
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, "See, my owner has let Naaman the Syrian go without receiving the gift he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and take something from him."
2 Corinthians 12:14
This is the third time I am ready to come to you. I want nothing from you. I want you, not your money. You are my children. Children should not have to help care for their parents. Parents should help their children.
Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money. Be happy with what you have. God has said, "I will never leave you or let you be alone."

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.


 
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