5And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
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How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. …
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Here is, I. The design of the Philistines against Israel. They resolved to fight them , 1 Sam. 28:1. If the Israelites had not forsaken God, there would have been no Philistines remaining to molest them; if Saul had not forsaken him, they would by this time have been put out of all danger by them. The Philistines took an opportunity to make this attempt when they had David among them, whom they fe…
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