23 So on that day the Lord saved Israel, and the battle moved on beyond Beth Aven.
23 So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.
23 So the Lord saved Israel that day. And the battle passed beyond Beth-aven.
23 God saved Israel! What a day! The fighting moved on to Beth Aven. The whole army was behind Saul now - ten thousand strong! - with the fighting scattering into all the towns throughout the hills of Ephraim.
23 So the Lord saved Israel that day, and the battle shifted to Beth Aven.
23 So the Lord saved Israel that day, and the battle continued to rage even beyond Beth-aven.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 14:23
Commentary on 1 Samuel 14:16-23
(Read 1 Samuel 14:16-23)
The Philistines were, by the power of God, set against one another. The more evident it was that God did all, the more reason Saul had to inquire whether God would give him leave to do any thing. But he was in such haste to fight a fallen enemy, that he would not stay to end his devotions, nor hear what answer God would give him. He that believeth, will not make such haste, nor reckon any business so urgent, as not to allow time to take God with him.