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1 Samuel 14:31

1 Samuel 14:31 is verse 31 of 1 Samuel chapter 14, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.

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King James Version

And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

World English Bible

They struck the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. The people were very faint;

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1 Samuel 14:29–33 · Berean Standard Bible

29 “My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

30 How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”

31 That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.

32 So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.

33 Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Joshua 10:12

On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”

Joshua 19:42

Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,

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