And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
Ver. 48. And he gathered a host,] See on 1 Samuel 14:47 .
And delivered Israel out of the hands.] God may make use of wicked men as instruments to defend his people: "the earth helped the woman"; Rev 12:16 yet the vials of God's wrath were poured out "upon the earth." Rev 16:1