Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the cavalry and the chariots. He inflicted a severe slaughter on Aram.
1 Samuel 14:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Saul and all the troops with him assembled and marched to the battle, and there the Philistines were, fighting against each other in great confusion! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Saul and all the people with him rallied and went into the battle, and behold, every [Philistine's] sword was against his fellow in wild confusion. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Then Saul called all his troops together, and they went into battle. The Philistines were completely confused; every soldier’s sword was turned against his fellow soldier. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Saul, and all the people who were with him, cried out together, and they went to the place of the conflict. And behold, each one's sword had been turned against his neighbor, and there was a very great slaughter. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Saul and all the people that were with him, shouted together, and they came to the place of the fight. And behold every man's sword was turned upon his neighbour; and there was a very great slaughter. |
Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the cavalry and the chariots. He inflicted a severe slaughter on Aram.
The Ammonites and Moabites turned against the inhabitants of Mount Seir and completely annihilated them. When they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped destroy each other.
I will provoke Egyptians against Egyptians; each will fight against his brother and each against his friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
I will call for a sword against him on all my mountains #– #this is the declaration of the Lord God #– #and every man’s sword will be against his brother.
When Gideon’s men blew their three hundred rams’ horns, the Lord caused the men in the whole army to turn on each other with their swords. They fled to Acacia House in the direction of Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
When Saul’s watchmen in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, they saw the panicking troops scattering in every direction.
‘At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him ruler over my people Israel. He will save them from the Philistines because I have seen the affliction of my people, for their cry has come to me.’