And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.
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Gill's Exposition
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh,.... To which they were encouraged by hearing or perceiving that the army of the Philistines was discomfited by the thunder, and lightning, and earthquake:…
Barnes' Notes
Beth-car - This place is nowhere else mentioned. It seems to have stood on a hill overhanging the road from the Philistine territory to Mizpeh, and close to Ebenezer, 1Sa 4:1.
Adam Clarke
Under Beth-car - We know not where this place was; the Septuagint have Beth-chor; the Targum, Beth-saron; and the Syriac and Arabic, Beth-jasan.
Here, I. The Philistines invade Israel (Sa1 7:7), taking umbrage from that general meeting for repentance and prayer as if it had been a rendezvous for war, and, if so, they thought it prudent to keep…
Cambridge Bible
until they came under Beth-car Beth-car ("house of a lamb," or "house of pasture,") was apparently on high ground overhanging the road back to Philistia.