1 Samuel 28:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Saul saw the host from Mount Gilboa, 1 Samuel 31:1. His heart greatly trembled; partly, from the greatness and resoluteness of the host of the Philistines, who were the aggressors; partly, from the loss of David, who might have been of great use to him at this time; partly, from the conscience of his own manifest guilt, and just expectation of Divine vengeance oft threatened, and now in all likelihood to be inflicted upon him.

1 Samuel 28:5

5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.