And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.
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Gill's Exposition
And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering.... Which he might do by a priest, as Ben Gersom suggests, he being only a Levite; though he being a prophet, and an extraordinary person, and this an…
Adam Clarke
The Lord thundered with a great thunder - Literally, The Lord thundered with a great voice - he confounded them with a mighty tempest of thunder and lightning, and no doubt slew many by the lightning.
Here, I. The Philistines invade Israel (Sa1 7:7), taking umbrage from that general meeting for repentance and prayer as if it had been a rendezvous for war, and, if so, they thought it prudent to keep…
Cambridge Bible
thundered with a great thunder Lit., with a great voice. Thunder is the "voice of God" (Psa 29:3-4). Cp. ch. 1Sa 2:10; 2Sa 22:14-15.
discomfited them The Heb. word expresses the confusion of a sudden…
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