And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
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Gill's Exposition
And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines,.... From the mountains of Gilboa, where he had pitched his camp:
he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled; on sight of the numbers of them, and…
Adam Clarke
When Saul saw - He saw from the superiority of his enemies, from the state of his army, and especially from his own state towards God, that he had every thing to fear.
Here is, I. The design of the Philistines against Israel. They resolved to fight them, Sa1 28:1. If the Israelites had not forsaken God, there would have been no Philistines remaining to molest them;…
Cambridge Bible
he was afraid The consciousness that "the Spirit of Jehovah had departed from him" made the once brave king a coward.
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