1 Samuel 14:21

21 Aun los hebreos, que anteriormente se habían unido al ejército filisteo, se rebelaron y se unieron a Saúl, a Jonatán y al resto de los israelitas.

1 Samuel 14:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 14:21

Moreover, the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before
that time
Who either were their servants and bondsmen they brought along with them, or such in whose cities they dwelt, or had taken as they came along, and forced into their army; or it may be some of them were renegades from the Israelites, deserters, who for safety and subsistence betook themselves to them as the stronger party. The Greek version reads,

``the servants that were with the Philistines:''

which went up with them into the camp [from the country] round about;
either willingly or by force; the words, "from the country", are not in the text, wherefore some observe, as Kimchi and Abarbinel, that this respects their being round about the camp, and that they were not within it, but without it, that if possible they might escape fighting against the Israelites:

even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and
Jonathan;
who were now joined; when they saw the dread and confusion in the camp of the Philistines, and them destroying one another, and the Israelites prevailing over them, victorious and pursuing, they took part with them, and assisted them in completing the victory.

1 Samuel 14:21 In-Context

19 Pero mientras Saúl hablaba con el sacerdote, la confusión en el campamento de los filisteos era cada vez más fuerte. Entonces Saúl le dijo al sacerdote: «No importa, ¡vamos ya!».

20 Enseguida Saúl y sus hombres corrieron a la batalla y encontraron que los filisteos estaban matándose unos a otros. Había una terrible confusión en todas partes.

21 Aun los hebreos, que anteriormente se habían unido al ejército filisteo, se rebelaron y se unieron a Saúl, a Jonatán y al resto de los israelitas.

22 De igual manera, los hombres de Israel que estaban escondidos en la zona montañosa de Efraín, cuando vieron que los filisteos huían, se unieron a la persecución.

23 Así que en ese día el Señor
salvó a Israel, y la recia batalla se extendió aún más allá de Bet-avén.