1 Samuel 14:15 Meaning and Explanation
“And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.”
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Read Full Chapter →Panic and an earthquake sweep through the entire Philistine army, a terror sent from God.
What Does 1 Samuel 14:15 Mean?
Suddenly the whole Philistine camp dissolves into fear. The narrator piles up the language of trembling: the army, the field, the raiding parties, and even the earth itself quakes. This is no ordinary fright but a 'very great trembling' that seizes everyone at once.
The text calls it, in effect, a terror from God. Jonathan struck twenty, but the Lord unmade an army. When God moves, the strongest defenses melt and the ground shakes beneath the proud. Israel's true Deliverer needs only to breathe upon the enemy, and their courage drains away.
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What does 1 Samuel 14:15 mean?
Panic and an earthquake sweep through the entire Philistine army, a terror sent from God.