1 Samuel 14:31
New International Version
That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Mikmash to Aijalon, they were exhausted.

New Living Translation
They chased and killed the Philistines all day from Micmash to Aijalon, growing more and more faint.

English Standard Version
They struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint.

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

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

New King James Version
Now they had driven back the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. So the people were very faint.

New American Standard Bible
They attacked the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. But the people were very tired.

NASB 1995
They struck among the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very weary.

NASB 1977
And they struck among the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very weary.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then they struck among the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very weary.

Amplified Bible
They struck the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very tired.

Christian Standard Bible
The Israelites struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash all the way to Aijalon. Since the Israelites were completely exhausted,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Israelites struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash all the way to Aijalon. Since the Israelites were completely exhausted,

American Standard Version
And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And we destroyed today among the Philistines from Mekmas Ailun, and the people are very exhausted!”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And on that day he smote some of the Philistines in Machmas; and the people were very weary.

Contemporary English Version
By evening the Israelite army was exhausted from killing Philistines all the way from Michmash to Aijalon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So they smote that day the Philistines from Machmas to Ailon. And the people were wearied exceedingly.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
That day they struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, but the troops were thoroughly exhausted.

Good News Translation
That day the Israelites defeated the Philistines, fighting all the way from Michmash to Aijalon. By this time the Israelites were very weak from hunger,

International Standard Version
That day they struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, and the army was very weary.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmas to Aijalon; and the people were very faint.

Literal Standard Version
And they strike on that day among the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, and the people are very weary,

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

New American Bible
After the Philistines were routed that day from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were completely exhausted.

NET Bible
On that day the army struck down the Philistines from Micmash to Aijalon, and they became very tired.

New Revised Standard Version
After they had struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon, the troops were very faint;

New Heart English Bible
They struck of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. The people were very faint;

Webster's Bible Translation
And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Ajalon: and the people were very faint.

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

Young's Literal Translation
And they smite on that day among the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, and the people are very weary,

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Context
Jonathan Eats the Honey
30How 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?” 31That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint. 32So 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.…

Cross References
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."

1 Samuel 13:2
He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.

1 Samuel 14:5
One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.

1 Samuel 14:30
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?"


Treasury of Scripture

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

Aijalon

Joshua 10:12
Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

Joshua 19:42
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,

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1 Samuel 14
1. Jonathan goes and miraculously smites the Philistine's garrison
15. A divine terror makes them beat themselves
17. Saul, not staying the priest's answer, sets on them
21. The captivated Hebrews, and the hidden Israelites, join against them.
24. Saul's unadvised adjuration hinders the victory
31. He restrains the people from eating blood
35. He builds an altar
37. Jonathan, taken by lot, is save by the people
47. Saul's victories, strength, and family














(31) From Michmash to Aijalon.--The battle and pursuit had then extended some twenty miles of country. Again the extreme weariness of the Israelites is mentioned. Aijalon, the modern Yalo, is some eighteen or twenty miles from Michmash, where the main body of the Philistine army had been encamped.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
That
הַהוּא֙ (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

day,
בַּיּ֤וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

after the Israelites had struck down
וַיַּכּ֞וּ (way·yak·kū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5221: To strike

the Philistines
בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים (bap·pə·liš·tîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

from Michmash
מִמִּכְמָ֖שׂ (mim·miḵ·māś)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4363: Michmash -- a city in Benjamin

to Aijalon,
אַיָּלֹ֑נָה (’ay·yā·lō·nāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 357: Aijalon -- 'deer', the name of several cities in Palestine

the people
הָעָ֖ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

were very
מְאֹֽד׃ (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

faint.
וַיָּ֥עַף (way·yā·‘ap̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5774: To fly, to faint


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