1 Samuel 7:11
9 Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.
10 As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
Then the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.
12 Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.
- KJV
- And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car.
- WEB
- The men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and struck them until they came under Beth Kar.
- ASV
- And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car.
- DARBY
- And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, as far as below Beth-car.
- BLB
- And Israel went out from the men of Mizpah, and they pursued the Philistines and drove them back even as far as below Beth-car.
- ÅB
- Da dro Israels menn ut fra Mispa og forfulgte filistrene og hugg dem ned, like til nedenfor Bet-Kar.
- OTB
- Israels menn rykket ut fra Mispa og forfulgte filistrene, og slo dem ned langs veien til et punkt nedenfor Bet-Kar.
- B1930
- Da drog Israels menn ut fra Mispa og forfulgte filistrene og hugg dem ned, like til nedenfor Bet-Kar.