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1 Samuel 14:31
That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes the immediate aftermath of a military victory, noting the physical state of the Israelite troops following their advance against the Philistines.
The words — וַ/יָּ֥עַף (va/i.Ya.'af) = and/ it was weary [H5888]; הָ/עָ֖ם (ha./'Am) = the/ people [H5971].
The thread — Aijalon appears again in Joshua 10:12 and Joshua 19:42, but those passages only name the location without describing a military corridor from Michmash.
Why it lands — The text records exhaustion as a direct consequence of prolonged combat, requiring the reader to acknowledge the physical cost of warfare before the narrative shifts to the troops' subsequent greed.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
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.”
- Joshua 19:42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,