Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 14:21

21 Cóng qián yóu sìfāng lái gēnsuí Fēilìshì jūn de Xībólái rén xiànzaì yĕ zhuǎn guō lái , bāngzhu gēnsuí Sǎoluó hé Yuēnádān de Yǐsèliè rén le .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 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.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 14:21 In-Context

19 Sǎoluó zhēng yǔ jìsī shuōhuà de shíhou , Fēilìshì yíng zhōng de xuān nāng yuèfā dà le . Sǎoluó jiù duì jìsī shuō , tíng shǒu ba .

20 Sǎoluó hé gēnsuí tāde rén dōu jùjí , lái dào zhàn cháng , kànjian Fēilìshì rén yòng dāo hùxiāng jī shā , dàdà huáng luàn .

21 Cóng qián yóu sìfāng lái gēnsuí Fēilìshì jūn de Xībólái rén xiànzaì yĕ zhuǎn guō lái , bāngzhu gēnsuí Sǎoluó hé Yuēnádān de Yǐsèliè rén le .

22 Nà cáng zaì Yǐfǎlián shān dì de Yǐsèliè rén tīngshuō Fēilìshì rén taópǎo , jiù chūlai jǐn jǐn de zhuī shā tāmen .

23 Nà rì , Yēhéhuá shǐ Yǐsèliè rén déshèng , yīzhí zhàn dào bǎi yà wén .