1 Samuel 14:16

Translations

Modern

Now when Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in Benjamin looked and saw the troops melting away and scattering in every direction,

Traditional

And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.

Literal

And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and there was the multitude melting away, and it went here and there.

Latin

Et respexerunt speculatores Saul qui erant in Gabaa Benjamin, et ecce multitudo prostrata, et huc illucque diffugiens.

Original

Hebrew

English

Now when Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in Benjamin looked and saw the troops melting away and scattering in every direction,

Notes

1 Samuel 14:1–52

Saul's actions in this chapter further support his removal as king (1 Samuel 13:8–14; see also 15). Saul was estranged from both Samuel and his brave son Jonathan. 1 Samuel 14 foreshadows Jonathan's important role in the shift from Saul's rule to David's.

Theme notes and profiles

Jonathan Samuel Saul The Philistines

Events

Reign of Saul

Related verses

2 Chronicles 20:22–25
The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.
Judges 7:22
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.
Isaiah 19:2
“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
Psalm 58:7
May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
1 Samuel 14:20
Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.
Psalm 68:2
As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.

People

Benjamin: Youngest son of Jacob and Rachel Saul: First king of Israel, anointed by Samuel

Places

Gibeah: A city of Benjamin, associated with Saul and atrocities

Glossary

Ahijah Bethel (Place), Bethelite Michmash Samuel, Books of First and Second Saul Watchman

Topics

Armies: March in Ranks: Among the Philistines Armies: Often Destroyed by Themselves Through Divine Intervention Jonathan: Son of Saul: Victory of, Over the Philistines at Michmash Panic: from God The Philistines: Miraculously Discomfited

1 Samuel 14:16

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