King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 14:16
“And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down [one another].”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 14
And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, [which] a yoke [of oxen might plow].
And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down [one another].
Then said Saul unto the people that [were] with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer [were] not [there].
And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.
About 1 Samuel
The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
Explore all chapters of 1 Samuel →