And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
On the morrow ... Saul put the people in three companies - and marched them down the same pass by which Joshua had penetrated into the interior of the country. Crossing the Jordan-probably by the upper ford opposite Wady Yabes, which comes down from the east into the Jordan opposite Beisan (Beth-shan) - in the evening, Saul marched his army all night, according to Josephus ('Antiquities,' b. 6:, ch. 5:, sec. 3), 30 furlongs, and came by daybreak on the camp of the Ammonites, who were surprised in three different parts, and totally routed. This happened before the seven days' truce expired. Josephus adds that they made a great slaughter-Nahash, the Ammonite sheikh, being among the number of the slain-and pursued the fugitives in a complete rout across the desert.