fell straightway. remained motionless. Compare Acts 9:7, where "stood.
speechless. remained speechless. See Acts 26:14. The two passages
together. fell, and remained so.
bread. food. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species). App-6.
Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 28:20
1 Samuel 28:20
20 Then Saul fellc straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.