One of his servants said, “Please, let some men take five of the horses which remain, which are left in the city. Behold, they will be in any case like all the multitude of Israel who are left in it; behold, they will be in any case like all the multitude of Israel who have already perished, so let us send and see.”

He fixed his gaze steadily on him until he was ashamed, and the man of God wept.

He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.