King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 14:23
“So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 14
Moreover the Hebrews [that] were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp [from the country] round about, even they also [turned] to be with the Israelites that [were] with Saul and Jonathan.
Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, [when] they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.
And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed [be] the man that eateth [any] food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted [any] food.
And all [they of] the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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