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God's Miraculous Intervention
Commentators agree that the core event is God's direct intervention. The Philistine army was thrown into a 'very great discomfiture' where 'every man's sword was against his fellow.' Scholars like John Gill and Matthew Henry state plainly that God caused this, making the enemy self-destruct. Israel needed few weapons because God Himself was fighting for them.
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1 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 14:20
18th Century
Theologian
Assembled themselves - See the marginal note. Many versions give the sense of “shouted,” which is far preferable and only requires a differe…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 14:20
19th Century
Bishop
Assembled themselves. —In the margin of the English Version, we find “were cried together,” that is, “were assembled by the trumpe…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 14:20
17th Century
Pastor
And Saul, and all the people that were with him, assembled
themselves
The six hundred…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 14:16–23
17th Century
Minister
The Philistines were, by the power of God, set against one another. The more evident it was that God did all, the more reason Saul had to inquire w…