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1 Samuel 7:11
ESV And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and struck them, as far as below Beth-car.
NIV The men of Israel rushed out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, slaughtering them along the way to a point below Beth Kar.
NASB And the men of Israel came out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and killed them as far as below Beth-car.
CSB Then the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines striking them down all the way to a place below Beth-car.
NLT The men of Israel chased them from Mizpah to a place below Beth-car, slaughtering them all along the way.
KJV And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.
NKJV And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and drove them back as far as below Beth Car.

What does 1 Samuel 7:11 mean?

Samuel had promised the people of Israel that if they would put away their foreign gods and set their hearts on the Lord and serve Him only, the Lord would deliver them from the Philistines (1 Samuel 7:3). Perhaps even the prophet did not know how quickly that promise would be fulfilled.

The people, gathered at Mizpah to repent from their sin, are suddenly attacked by the Philistine army (1 Samuel 7:5–8). In response to Samuel's offering and cry for the Lord to help Israel, God thunders against the Philistines and throws them into confusion (1 Samuel 7:9–10). The Philistines are in such chaos, apparently, that they begin to run away. Although the Israelites are not necessarily gathered for war, the men of Israel are able to chase and strike down the Philistines in a resounding and shocking victory.

The verse adds that the men of Israel chased the Philistines as far away from Mizpah as to "below" a place called Beth-car. This is the only mention of the place in the Bible, and scholars don't know precisely where it is.
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