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1 Samuel 14

1 Samuel 14:23

Jonathan’s Victory over the Philistines · 1 Samuel 14:1–23
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Translations

Modern
So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.
Traditional
So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth–aven.
Literal
And YHWH saved Israel that day, and the battle shifted to beyond Beth-aven.
Latin
Et salvavit Dominus in die illa Israël: pugna autem pervenit usque ad Bethaven.

Original

Hebrew
English
So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.

Notes

1 Samuel 14:23

  • God saved Israel, not Saul. Jonathan acted willingly as the Lord worked through him.

  • Beth-aven was directly west of Michmash (see 1 Samuel 13:5). The Israelites made the Philistines retreat all the way to Aijalon that day (see 1 Samuel 14:31).

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

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Beth-aven: Town and wilderness near Ai and Bethel

Glossary

Beth-Aven Bethel (Place), Bethelite Michmash Miracle Samuel, Books of First and Second Saul

Topics

Beth-Aven: A Place on the Mountains of Benjamin The Philistines: Miraculously Discomfited