1 Samuel 14:23 “So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth…”

1 Samuel 14:23

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven.

World English Bible

So the LORD saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over by Beth Aven.

American Standard Version

So Jehovah saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over by Beth-aven.

Geneva Bible 1599

And so the Lord saued Israel that day: and the battell continued vnto Beth-auen.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over beyond Beth-Aven.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah saveth Israel on that day, and the battle hath passed over to Beth-Aven.

Bible in Basic English

So the Lord made Israel safe that day: and the fight went over to Beth-aven.

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Cross references

“the Lord”

Exodus 14:30 Psalm 44:6–8 Hosea 1:7 Judges 2:18 2 Kings 14:27

Exodus 14:30 · BSB

That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.

Psalm 44:6–8 · BSB

For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.

Hosea 1:7 · BSB

Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”

Judges 2:18 · BSB

Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those…

2 Kings 14:27 · BSB

and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.

“Beth-aven”

1 Samuel 13:5

1 Samuel 13:5 · BSB

Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22When all the Israelites who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined the battle in close pursuit.

24Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.

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