1 Samuel 14:23
What does 1 Samuel 14:23 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 14:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So Jehovah saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over by Beth-aven.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth–aven.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So Jehovah saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over by Beth-aven.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So the Lord made Israel safe that day: and the fight went over to Beth-aven.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Jehovah saveth Israel on that day, and the battle hath passed over to Beth-Aven.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the Lord saved Israel that day. And the fight went on as far as Bethaven.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Jehovah saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over beyond Beth-Aven.
Context
v.22Likewise all the men of Israel that had hid themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
v.23This passage
v.24And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted food.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 13:5
And the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth-aven.
- 2 Kings 14:27
And Jehovah said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
- Psalms 44:6
For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.
- Judges 2:18
And when Jehovah raised them up judges, then Jehovah was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented Jehovah because of their groaning by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
- Exodus 14:30
Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore.
- Hosea 1:7
But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
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