1 Samuel 14:47
Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side: against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned himself, he defeated them.
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In Context
46Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.
Cross References
Genesis 19:37The firstborn bore a son, and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.
Genesis 36:1Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).
Genesis 36:19These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.
1 Samuel 11:11On the next day, Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the middle of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
1 Samuel 13:1Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
2 Samuel 1:22From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, Jonathan’s bow didn’t turn back. Saul’s sword didn’t return empty.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 14:37-47
Jonathan Condemned to Die; Jonathan Rescued. ( b. c. 1067.) 36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. 37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day. 38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief… Read the whole commentary →