1 Samuel 14:30
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Samuel 14:30 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Samuel 14:30 is a verse from the book of 1 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Samuel 14:30 — KJV
“How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?”
— 1 Samuel 14:30 (KJV)
1 Samuel 14:30 in Context — About the Book of 1 Samuel
1 Samuel traces Israel's shift from judges to kings through three lives: Samuel the prophet, Saul the rejected king, and David the shepherd anointed in secret. It is rich with prayer — Hannah's desperate plea for a child opens the book and becomes a template for praying through tears.
Cross-References for 1 Samuel 14:30
“And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 14:30: much, more, people
“For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 14:30: how, much, more
“And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. fetch: Heb. take unto us”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 14:30: people, day, enemies
“And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 14:30: people, found, now
“Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 14:30: people, enemies, now
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