every mans sword] i. e. The LORD struck them with such sudden terrour and amazement, that they knew not their friends from their enemies; but mistaking one for the other, they slew their friends instead of their foes. So 1 Sam. 14. 15, 20. 2 Chro. 20. 23. Beth-shittah] Out of the plain towards Jordan, where all these places here named lay.