1 Samuel 14:47
and Saul captured the kingdom over Israel, and he fighteth round about against all his enemies, against Moab, and against the Bene-Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines, and whithersoever he turneth he doth vex [them].
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
46And Saul goeth up from after the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone to their place;
48And he maketh a force, and smiteth Amalek, and delivereth Israel out of the hand of its spoiler.
Cross References
Genesis 19:37and the first-born beareth a son, and calleth his name Moab; he [is] father of Moab unto this day;
Genesis 36:1And these [are] births of Esau, who [is] Edom.
Genesis 36:19These [are] sons of Esau (who [is] Edom), and these their chiefs.
1 Samuel 11:11And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Saul putteth the people in three detachments, and they come into the midst of the camp in the morning-watch, and smite Ammon till the heat of the day; and it cometh to pass that those left are scattered, and there have not been left of them two together.
1 Samuel 13:1A son of a year [is] Saul in his reigning, yea, two years he hath reigned over Israel,
2 Samuel 1:22From the blood of the wounded, From the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan Hath not turned backward; And the sword of Saul doth not 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 →