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46 Then Saul gave up pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went back to their own places.

Saul’s Many Victories

47 When Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side: against Moab, against the Ammonites, against Edom, against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment.[a] 48 He fought valiantly.[b] He struck the Amalekites and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who had plundered them.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 14:47 The translation follows the Hebrew, which literally reads he did evil. The Greek text reads he was victorious.
  2. 1 Samuel 14:48 Or accomplished great things