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And the battle passed beyond Beth-aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle shifted to Beth Aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle spread beyond Beth-aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So the LORD delivered Israel that day, and the battle spread beyond Beth-aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So the LORD delivered Israel that day, and the battle spread beyond Beth-aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Yahweh saved Israel that day, and the battle spread beyond Beth-aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle spread beyond Beth-aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD saved Israel that day. The battle extended beyond Beth-aven,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD saved Israel that day. The battle extended beyond Beth-aven, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So Jehovah saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over by Beth-aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over by Beth-aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So the LORD saved Israel that day. Now, the battle moved beyond Beth Aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />fighting all the way beyond Bethaven. The LORD saved Israel that day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />On that day the LORD delivered Israel, and the battle moved past Beth-aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle passed over by Beth Aven. And all the people with Saul were about ten thousand men. And the battle extended itself into every city in the hill country of Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over to Beth-aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So Yahweh saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over by Beth Aven. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH saves Israel on that day, and the battle has passed over to Beth-Aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah saveth Israel on that day, and the battle hath passed over to Beth-Aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah will save Israel in that day: and the battle passed over to the house of nothing.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord saved Israel that day. And the fight went on as far as Bethaven. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the Lord saved Israel on that day. But the fight continued as far as Bethaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus the LORD saved Israel that day. The battle continued past Beth-aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD saved Israel that day; then the men of Israel passed over to Beth-aon to battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH saved Israel in that day and he did battle for them in Bayth Awan for the men of Israel<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So the LORD saved Israel that day; and the battle passed on as far as Beth-aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the battle extended itself to every city in the mount Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/14-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=3628" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/14.htm">Jonathan's Victory over the Philistines</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">22</span>When all the Israelites who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined Saul and Jonathan in the battle. <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">So the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3467.htm" title="3467: way·yō·wō·ša‘ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To deliver. A primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. to be safe; causatively, to free or succor.">saved</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4421.htm" title="4421: wə·ham·mil·ḥā·māh (Conj-w, Art:: N-fs) -- A battle, war. From lacham; a battle; generally, war.">and the battle</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ‘ā·ḇə·rāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">moved on</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1007.htm" title="1007: bêṯ (Prep) -- Beth-aven -- between. From bayith and 'aven; house of vanity; Beth- Aven, a place in Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1007.htm" title="1007: ’ā·wen (N-proper-fs) -- Beth-aven -- between. From bayith and 'aven; house of vanity; Beth- Aven, a place in Palestine.">beyond Beth-aven.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-30.htm">Exodus 14:30-31</a></span><br />That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore. / When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/7-22.htm">Judges 7:22-25</a></span><br />And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath. / Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites. / Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/8-6.htm">2 Samuel 8:6</a></span><br />Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm">2 Kings 5:1</a></span><br />Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/44-3.htm">Psalm 44:3-7</a></span><br />For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them. / You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob. / Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/60-12.htm">Psalm 60:12</a></span><br />With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/108-13.htm">Psalm 108:13</a></span><br />With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Isaiah 41:10-13</a></span><br />Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. / Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish. / You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-1.htm">Isaiah 45:1-2</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: / “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/52-10.htm">Isaiah 52:10</a></span><br />The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-21.htm">Matthew 1:21</a></span><br />She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-68.htm">Luke 1:68-71</a></span><br />“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people. / He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, / as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-9.htm">Luke 19:9-10</a></span><br />Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham. / For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16-17</a></span><br />For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. / For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-12.htm">Acts 4:12</a></span><br />Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over to Bethaven.</p><p class="hdg">the Lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/14-30.htm">Exodus 14:30</a></b></br> Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/2-18.htm">Judges 2:18</a></b></br> And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/14-27.htm">2 Kings 14:27</a></b></br> And the LORD 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.</p><p class="hdg">Beth-aven</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/13-5.htm">1 Samuel 13:5</a></b></br> And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which <i>is</i> on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/13-5.htm">Aven</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-22.htm">Battle</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-18.htm">Beth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-5.htm">Bethaven</a> <a href="/joshua/18-12.htm">Beth-Aven</a> <a href="/joshua/18-12.htm">Beth-A'ven</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-12.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-22.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-3.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-7.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-13.htm">Rescued</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-11.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-19.htm">Saved</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-19.htm">Saveth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-25.htm">Spread</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/30-17.htm">Aven</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-1.htm">Battle</a> <a href="/1_samuel/31-10.htm">Beth</a> <a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">Bethaven</a> <a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">Beth-Aven</a> <a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">Beth-A'ven</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-48.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-24.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-48.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-12.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-45.htm">Rescued</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-48.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-39.htm">Saved</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-39.htm">Saveth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-16.htm">Spread</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-1.htm">Jonathan goes and miraculously smites the Philistine's garrison</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-15.htm">A divine terror makes them beat themselves</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-17.htm">Saul, not staying the priest's answer, sets on them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-21.htm">The captivated Hebrews, and the hidden Israelites, join against them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-24.htm">Saul's unadvised adjuration hinders the victory</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-31.htm">He restrains the people from eating blood</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-35.htm">He builds an altar</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-37.htm">Jonathan, taken by lot, is save by the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-47.htm">Saul's victories, strength, and family</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Throughout the Old Testament, God is depicted as the ultimate savior of His people, often delivering them from seemingly insurmountable odds. This particular event is part of a larger narrative where Jonathan, Saul's son, initiates an attack against the Philistines, leading to a significant victory. The emphasis on "the LORD" underscores that the victory is attributed to God's power rather than human effort. This reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where God promises to protect and deliver His chosen people. Similar instances of divine deliverance can be seen in the Exodus (<a href="/exodus/14-30.htm">Exodus 14:30</a>) and the story of Gideon (<a href="/judges/7-2.htm">Judges 7:2</a>).<p><b>and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven</b><br>Beth-aven, meaning "house of wickedness," is a location near Bethel, which was a significant site in Israel's history. The movement of the battle beyond Beth-aven indicates a strategic advance and a shift in the conflict's momentum. This geographical reference provides insight into the military tactics of the time, where controlling key locations was crucial for victory. The mention of Beth-aven also serves as a reminder of the spiritual battles Israel faced, as the name contrasts with Bethel, "house of God." This juxtaposition can symbolize the ongoing struggle between faithfulness to God and the temptation of idolatry, a recurring issue for Israel. The movement beyond Beth-aven signifies not just a physical victory but also a spiritual triumph, as the Israelites push back against the Philistine threat.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, highlighting God's sovereignty and intervention in the battle.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation chosen by God, often depicted in the Old Testament as His people, whom He delivers and guides.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/beth-aven.htm">Beth-aven</a></b><br>A location near Bethel, often associated with idolatry in the Old Testament, but here it marks the boundary of the battle's progression.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jonathan.htm">Jonathan</a></b><br>Although not mentioned in this specific verse, he plays a crucial role in the preceding events, demonstrating faith and courage.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/philistines.htm">Philistines</a></b><br>The adversaries of Israel in this battle, representing opposition to God's people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_intervention.htm">Divine Intervention</a></b><br>Recognize that God is actively involved in the lives of His people, often working in ways that surpass human understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_and_courage.htm">Faith and Courage</a></b><br>Like Jonathan, believers are called to step out in faith, trusting in God's power to deliver and guide.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Acknowledge that God is in control of all circumstances, and His plans will prevail despite human opposition.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Understand that battles in life are not just physical but spiritual, requiring reliance on God's strength and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/gratitude_for_deliverance.htm">Gratitude for Deliverance</a></b><br>Cultivate a heart of thankfulness for the ways God has delivered and continues to deliver us from various trials.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_god_change_his_mind_or_not.htm">Does God change his mind? I Samuel 15:10-11, 15:35, and Genesis 6:6-7 suggest yes, while I Samuel 15:29 suggests no. How do these contradictions reconcile?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_king_hiram_honor_israel's_god.htm">In 2 Chronicles 2:11-12, why does Tyrian King Hiram express devotion to Israel's God when no independent Tyrian records verify such reverence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_promise_restoration_if_judgment_remains.htm">Why does Solomon's prayer in 1 Kings 8:33-34 promise national restoration to Israel if they repent, when other biblical passages suggest God's judgment can remain despite repentance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_link_god's_favor_to_david's_power.htm">1 Chronicles 14:2 - Why would God's favor be linked to David's increasing power and multiple wives, despite biblical warnings against polygamy elsewhere?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) <span class= "bld">So the Lord saved Israel . . .--</span>The identical words used at the Red Sea, after the deliverance of the people from Egypt. So the battle rolled westward through Beth-aven, past city and village, over Mount Ephraim. It was a decisive victory, crushing in its results to the Philistines, who were driven back so effectually as not to re-appear till the close of Saul's reign. The king was now at liberty to develop the military character of the people; and till the disaster which closed his life and reign, his various campaigns against the idolatrous nations who surrounded Israel generally appear to have gone on from victory to victory.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 23.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Over unto Beth-aven.</span> Hebrew, "the battle passed Beth-aven," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> no rally was made there. In ver. 31 we read that the pursuit continued as far as Aijalon. For Beth-aven see on 1 Samuel 13:5. SAUL'S RASH COMMAND (vers. 24-35). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/14-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">saved</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיּ֧וֹשַׁע</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·wō·ša‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3467.htm">Strong's 3467: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַה֖וּא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֥וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the battle</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַ֨מִּלְחָמָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ham·mil·ḥā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4421.htm">Strong's 4421: </a> </span><span class="str2">A battle, war</span><br /><br /><span class="word">moved on</span><br /><span class="heb">עָבְרָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·ḇə·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">beyond Beth-aven.</span><br /><span class="heb">אָֽוֶן׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·wen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1007.htm">Strong's 1007: </a> </span><span class="str2">Beth-aven -- between</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/14-23.htm">1 Samuel 14:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/14-23.htm">1 Samuel 14:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/14-23.htm">1 Samuel 14:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/14-23.htm">1 Samuel 14:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/14-23.htm">1 Samuel 14:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/14-23.htm">1 Samuel 14:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/14-23.htm">1 Samuel 14:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/14-23.htm">1 Samuel 14:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/14-23.htm">1 Samuel 14:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/14-23.htm">1 Samuel 14:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/14-23.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 14:23 So Yahweh saved Israel that day: (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/14-22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 14:22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 14:22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/14-24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 14:24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 14:24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>