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1 Samuel 7:11

And the men of Israel going out of Masphath, pursued after the Philistines, and made slaughter of them till they came under Bethchar.

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.
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 And the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Masphath, and the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard this, they were afraid of the Philistines. 8 And they said to Samuel: Cease not to cry to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us out of the hand of the Philistines. 9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it whole for a holocaust to the Lord: and Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard him. 10 And it came to pass, when Samuel was offering the holocaust, the Philistines began the battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and terrified them, and they were overthrown before the face of Israel. 11 And the men of Israel going out of Masphath, pursued after the Philistines, and made slaughter of them till they came under Bethchar. 12 And Samuel took a stone, and laid it between Masphath and Sen: and he called the place The stone of help. And he said: Thus far the Lord hath 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 1:7
And god made a firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament, and it was so.
Genesis 6:17
Behold, I will bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life under heaven. All things that are in the earth shall be consumed.
Genesis 7:5
And Noe did all things which the Lord had commanded him.
Genesis 7:6
And he was six hundred years old, when the waters of the flood overflowed the earth.
Genesis 7:8
And of beasts clean and unclean, and of fowls, and of every thing that moveth upon the earth,
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the floodgates of heaven were opened:
Genesis 7:23
And he destroyed all the substance that was upon the earth, from man even to beast, and the creeping things and fowls of the air: and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noe only remained, and they that were with him in the ark.
Genesis 7:24
And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
2 Kings 7:2
Then one of the lords, upon whose hand the king leaned, answering the man of God, said: If the Lord should make flood-gates in heaven, can that possibly be which thou sayest? And he said: Thou shalt see it with thy eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
2 Kings 7:19
When that lord answered the man of God, and said: Although the Lord should make flood-gates in heaven, could this come to pass which thou sayest. And he said to him: Thou shalt see it with thy eyes, and shalt not eat thereof.

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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