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1Sa_14:20 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 1Sa_14:16. So Jdg_7:22 2Ch_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.