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# As Samuel ... Beth Kar
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This explains what the writer means by "Yahweh answered him" in ([1 Samuel 7:9](./09.md)).
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# threw them into confusion
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The word "confusion" here is used as a casual way of saying the Philistines were unable to think clearly. Alternate translation: "made them unable to think clearly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# they were routed before Israel
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This can be translated in active form. Possible meanings are 1) "Yahweh routed them before Israel" or 2) "Israel routed them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# routed
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To rout people is to defeat them before they can cause any harm.
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