And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
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Gill's Exposition
And there was trembling in the host in the field,.... Belonging to Michmash, where the army lay encamped:
and among all the people; the inhabitants of Michmash, or that attended the army, and…
Barnes' Notes
The earth quaked - This naturally increased the panic to the utmost. Compare 1Sa 7:10; Jos 10:11; Psa 114:4.
Adam Clarke
There was trembling in the host - They were terrified and panic-struck; the people in general round about, those in the garrison, the spoilers, and the whole country, were struck with terror; the…
We must here take notice,
I. Of the goodness of God in restraining the Philistines, who had a vast army of valiant men in the field, from falling upon that little handful of timorous trembling people…
Cambridge Bible
in the host, in the field In the camp in the field, the main army as distinguished from the outpost which Jonathan had attacked.
the earth quaked Perhaps this only describes the tumult and confusion…
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