1 Samuel 14:23

14:23 So the Lord delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven.

1 Samuel 31:10

31:10 They placed Saul’s armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his corpse on the city wall of Beth Shan.


tc The LXX includes the following words: “And all the people were with Saul, about ten thousand men. And the battle extended to the entire city on mount Ephraim.”

sn The Semitic goddess Astarte was associated with love and war in the ancient Near East. See the note on the same term in 7:3.