Saul and all the people who were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle; and behold, they were all striking each other with their swords in very great confusion.
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Saul and all the people who were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle; and behold, they were all striking each other with their swords in very great confusion.
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And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.
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And Saul and all the people that were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle; and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.
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Passages linked to 1 Samuel 14:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 7:22 They blew the three hundred trumpets, and Yahweh set every man’s sword against his fellow and against all the army; and the army fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.
- 2 Chronicles 20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. When they had finished the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy each other.
- 1 Samuel 14:16 The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude melted away and scattered.
- Isaiah 9:19-21 Through Yahweh of Armies’ wrath, the land is burned up; and the people are the fuel for the fire. No one spares his brother. One will devour on the right hand, and be hungry; and he will eat on the left hand, and they will not be satisfied. Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm: Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
- Isaiah 19:2 I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they will fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 14:20 And Saul and all the people that…
1Sa 14:20 And Saul and all the people that [were] with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, [and there was] a very great discomfiture.
Ver. 20. Every man’s sword was against his fellow.] See on 1Sa 14:16. So Jdg 7:22 2Ch 20:23.
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And there was a very great discomfiture.] Notwithstanding Saul’s sin, Samuel’s departure, and the people’s diffidence, God wrought for his own name’s sake: and lest the enemy should vaunt and say, "Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this." {Deu 32:27} Josephus saith that there were threescore thousand Philistines slain at this bout. {a}
{a} Joseph., lib. vi. cap. 7.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The Philistines slew one another; which might come, either…
The Philistines slew one another; which might come, either from mistake, of which see on 1Sa 14:16; or from mutual jealousies and passions, to which God could easily dispose them.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Saul, and all the people that were with…
And Saul, and all the people that were with him, assembled themselves,.... The six hundred men that were with him, unless we can suppose the 1000 that had been with Jonathan in Gibeah were here still, see Sa1 13:2.
and they came to the battle; to the field of battle, the place where the army of the Philistines had lain encamped:
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and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow; taking one another for Hebrews, or treacherous and disaffected persons; so that, though the Israelites had neither swords nor spears, they needed none, for the Philistines destroyed one another with their own swords; and there was a
very great discomfiture; noise, tumult, confusion, slaughter, and destruction.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Sa 14:20-21. There was a very great discomfiture —…
1Sa 14:20-21. There was a very great discomfiture — Namely, in the army of the Philistines; which, it is likely, consisted of various nations, and in the confusion into which they were thrown, they fell upon one another, not distinguishing friends from enemies. The Hebrews that were with the Philistines — Having gone with their army, either by constraint, as servants, or in policy, to gain their favour and protection. They also turned to be with the Israelites — In the midst of this battle they went over to their own countrymen.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Assembled themselves - See marg. Many versions give the…
Assembled themselves - See marg. Many versions give the sense “shouted,” which is far preferable, and only requires a different punctuation.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Saul and all the people--All the warriors in the…
Saul and all the people--All the warriors in the garrison at Gibeah, the Israelite deserters in the camp of the Philistines, and the fugitives among the mountains of Ephraim, now all rushed to the pursuit, which was hot and sanguinary.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 20. every man’s sword was against his fellow] Cp.…
20. every man’s sword was against his fellow] Cp. Jdg_7:22; 2Ch_20:23.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (20) Assembled themselves.—In the margin of the English Version…
(20) Assembled themselves.—In the margin of the English Version we find “were cried together,” that is, “were assembled by the trumpet call.” The Syriac and Vulg., however, more accurately render the Hebrew shouted, that is, raised the war-cry of Israel.
Every man’s sword was against his fellow.—The statement in the next verse (21) explains this. Profiting by the wild confusion which reigned now throughout the Philistine host, a portion of their own auxiliaries—unwilling allies, doubtless—turned their arms against their employers or masters. From this moment no one in the panic-stricken army could rightly distinguish friend from foe. In such a scene of confusion the charge of Saul, at the head of his small but well-trained soldierly band, must have done terrible execution. Shouting the well-known war-cry of Benjamin, it penetrated wedge-like into the heart of the broken Philistine host.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Saul and all the people assembled themselves. Margin, were…
Saul and all the people assembled themselves. Margin, were cried together, i.e. summoned by trumpet note. The Syriac and Vulgate, however, make the verb active, and translate, "And Saul and all the people with him shouted and advanced to the battle." Discomfiture. Rather, "dismay," "consternation," as in 1Sa_5:9.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 the people who were with him
the people who were with him
the remnant of the Israelite army that remained with Saul
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Every Philistine's sword was against his fellow countrymen
The swords are spoken of as if they were living people. AT: "The Philistine soldiers were striking each other with their swords" (See: Personification)
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