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Saul and all the people who were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle: and, behold, every man`s sword was against his fellow, [and there was] a very great confusion.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
Assembled themselves - See the marginal note. Many versions give the sense of “shouted,” which is far preferable and only requires a differe…
19th Century
Anglican
Assembled themselves. —In the margin of the English Version, we find “were cried together,” that is, “were assembled by the trumpe…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Saul, and all the people that were with him, assembled themselves The six hundred…
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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…
