and they went on beating down, &c. Hebrew hither and thither.. supposed Ellipsis is unnecessarily supplied. Read "melted away hither and thither", with Septuagint and Syriac.
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1 Samuel 14:16
16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.