Then spoke Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the men of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand thou still at Gibeon, and thou Moon in the valley of Aijalon.”
1 Samuel 14:31 - Revised Standard Version They struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint. American Standard Version (1901) And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint; Common English Bible That day, after they had fought the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the troops were completely exhausted. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, on that day, they struck down the Philistines, from Michmash as far as Aijalon. But the people were exceedingly wearied. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So they smote that day the Philistines from Machmas to Ailon. And the people were wearied exceedingly. |
Then spoke Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the men of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand thou still at Gibeon, and thou Moon in the valley of Aijalon.”
Saul chose three thousand men of Israel; two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibe-ah of Benjamin; the rest of the people he sent home, every man to his tent.
How much better if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found; for now the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great.”
The one crag rose on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.