1 Samuel 14:31

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

By evening the Israelite army was exhausted from killing Philistines all the way from Michmash to Aijalon.

Cross References

Joshua 10:12

The LORD was helping the Israelites defeat the Amorites that day. So about midday, Joshua prayed to the LORD loud enough for the Israelites to hear: “Our LORD, make the sun stop in the sky over Gibeon, and the moon stand still over Aijalon Valley.” So the sun and the moon stopped and stood still until Israel defeated its enemies. This poem can be found in The Book of Jashar. The sun stood still and didn't go down for about a whole day.

1 Samuel 13:2

Then he chose three thousand men from Israel to be full-time soldiers and sent everyone else home. Two thousand of these troops stayed with him in the hills around Michmash and Bethel. The other thousand were stationed with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.

1 Samuel 14:30

I wish you had eaten some of the food the Philistines left behind. We would have been able to kill a lot more of them.”