1 Samuel 17:11

greatly afraid. feared exceedingly. Compare 1 Samuel 17:24.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. No JFB commentary on this verse.
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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Deuteronomy 31:8 ; Isaiah 51:12 ; Isaiah 51:13 ; Isaiah 57:11 ; Joshua 1:9 ; Proverbs 28:1 ; Psalms 27:1
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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¹¹ When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 17:11

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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