There was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison and the raiders also trembled; and the earth quaked, so there was an exceedingly great trembling.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 15. Miracle. Hebrew charada, “consternation or trembling,” a panic fear, as the Philistines imagined that all the army of Israel had got into the camp. “In the terrors sent by demons, (or superior beings) even the sons of the gods flee away.” Pindar. Nem. The earth quaked ( Calmet.) to increase the enemies’ apprehensions, so that those who had gone out to plunder, hearing of the disaster, which report had greatly magnified, and all the people feeling this unusual and alarming motion of the earth, perceiving that God was fighting against them, and trembled. Bible.