So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.
So the Lord saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven - i:e., Beth-el. It passed over the forest, now destroyed, on the central ridge of Palestine, then over to the other side, from the eastern pass of Michmash (1 Samuel 14:31), to the western pass of Aijalon, through which they escaped into their own plains. Josephus asserts that 'many ten thousands of the Philistines were slain in this rout' ('Antiquities,' b. 6:, ch. 6:, sec. 4).