1 Samuel 14:46
New International Version
Then Saul stopped pursuing the Philistines, and they withdrew to their own land.

New Living Translation
Then Saul called back the army from chasing the Philistines, and the Philistines returned home.

English Standard Version
Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Saul gave up his pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own land.

King James Bible
Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.

New King James Version
Then Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

New American Standard Bible
Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

NASB 1995
Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

NASB 1977
Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

Amplified Bible
Then Saul stopped pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

Christian Standard Bible
Then Saul gave up the pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own territory.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Saul gave up the pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own territory.

American Standard Version
Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Shaul returned from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their country

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines departed to their place.

Contemporary English Version
Saul stopped hunting down the Philistines, and they went home.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Saul went back, and did not pursue after the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own places.

English Revised Version
Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then Saul stopped pursuing the Philistines. So the Philistines returned to their own land.

Good News Translation
After that, Saul stopped pursuing the Philistines, and they went back to their own territory.

International Standard Version
Then Saul stopped pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went back to their territory.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.

Literal Standard Version
And Saul goes up from after the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone to their place;

Majority Standard Bible
Then Saul gave up his pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own land.

New American Bible
After that Saul gave up the pursuit of the Philistines, who returned to their own territory.

NET Bible
Then Saul stopped chasing the Philistines, and the Philistines went back home.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Saul withdrew from pursuing the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.

New Heart English Bible
Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.

World English Bible
Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.

Young's Literal Translation
And Saul goeth up from after the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone to their place;

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Context
The People Save Jonathan
45But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die. 46Then Saul gave up his pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own land.

Cross References
1 Samuel 14:45
But the people said to Saul, "Must Jonathan die--he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God's help he has accomplished this today." So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.

1 Samuel 14:47
After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side--the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.


Treasury of Scripture

Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.

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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














(46) Then Saul went up from following the Philistines.--Saul recognised now that the fault which caused the oracle of the Urim and Thummim to keep silence was his, and not Jonathan's. He seems quietly to have acquiesced with Ahijah's evident reluctance to countenance a public pursuit; he drew off his forces then from the direction of the enemy, and went up, no doubt, to Gibeah; but the power of the Philistines for the time seems to have been utterly broken, and they retreated to their own districts along the sea coasts.

Verse 46. - Saul went up, etc. Thus, as the final result of his self-will, Saul had to discontinue his pursuit of the Philistines, and their power, though weakened by the overthrow, remained unbroken. SUMMARY OF SAUL'S WARS, AND ACCOUNT OF HIS FAMILY (vers. 47-52).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then Saul
שָׁא֔וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

gave up
וַיַּ֣עַל (way·ya·‘al)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

his pursuit
מֵאַחֲרֵ֖י (mê·’a·ḥă·rê)
Preposition-m
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

of the Philistines,
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים (pə·liš·tîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

and the Philistines
וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים (ū·p̄ə·liš·tîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

returned
הָלְכ֥וּ (hā·lə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to their own land.
לִמְקוֹמָֽם׃ (lim·qō·w·mām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition


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