And Saul and all the people that [were] with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, [and there was] a very great discomfiture.
Ver. 20. Every man's sword was against his fellow.] See on 1 Samuel 14:16. So Judges 7:22 2 Chronicles 20:23 .
And there was a very great discomfiture.] Notwithstanding Saul's sin, Samuel's departure, and the people's diffidence, God wrought for his own name's sake: and lest the enemy should vaunt and say, "Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this." Deu 32:27 Josephus saith that there were threescore thousand Philistines slain at this bout. a
a Joseph., lib. vi. cap. 7.