1 Samuele 14:23

23 In quel giorno l’Eterno salvò Israele, e la battaglia s’estese fin oltre Beth-Aven.

1 Samuele 14:23 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 14:23

So the Lord saved Israel that day,
&c] And a wonderful salvation it was, that two men should throw such a vast army into confusion, which issued in the utter rout and destruction of them; this only could be of the Lord, to whom it is justly ascribed, and was the effect of his sovereign good will and pleasure, and of his unmerited goodness; a free favour bestowed on an undeserving prince, who had behaved ill to his prophet at Gilgal, and now to him and his high priest at Gibeah:

and the battle passed over unto Bethaven;
the men of battle or war; those that made war, as the Targum, these pursued and went as far as Bethaven, or rather "passed Bethaven" ^F17; they not only, went as far as that, but "from" it, as Ben Gersom and Abarbinel interpret it; they passed that place, and went on from thence in pursuit of the Philistines; for their camp at Michmash was eastward from this place, and had it on the east, ( 1 Samuel 13:5 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (Nwa tyb ta hrbe) "transiit Bethaven", Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "vel, beliatores transierunt Bethaven", Pagninus, Vatablus, Drusius.

1 Samuele 14:23 In-Context

21 Or gli Ebrei, che già prima si trovavan coi Filistei ed eran saliti con essi al campo dal paese d’intorno, fecero voltafaccia e s’unirono anch’essi con gl’Israeliti ch’erano con Saul e con Gionathan.

22 E parimente tutti gl’Israeliti che s’eran nascosti nella contrada montuosa di Efraim, quand’udirono che i Filistei fuggivano, si misero anch’essi a inseguirli da presso, combattendo.

23 In quel giorno l’Eterno salvò Israele, e la battaglia s’estese fin oltre Beth-Aven.

24 Or gli uomini d’Israele, in quel giorno, erano sfiniti; ma Saul fece fare al popolo questo giuramento: "Maledetto l’uomo che toccherà cibo prima di sera, prima ch’io mi sia vendicato de’ miei nemici". E nessuno del popolo toccò cibo.

25 Or tutto il popolo giunse a una foresta, dove c’era del miele per terra.