1 Samuel 14:31

So they smote that day the Philistines from Machmas to Ailon. And the people were wearied exceedingly.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

In Context

30How much more if the people had eaten of the prey of their enemies, which they found? had there not been made a greater slaughter among the Philistines?

32And falling upon the spoils, they took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people ate them with the blood.

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Cross References

Joshua 10:12Then Josue spoke to the Lord, in the day that he delivered the Amorrhite in the sight of the children of Israel, and he said before them: Move not, O sun, toward Gabaon, nor thou, O moon, toward the valley of Ajalon.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 14:25-36

Saul's Rash Oath. ( b. c. 1067.) 24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. 25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. 26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan heard not when his… Read the whole commentary →

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