1 Samuel 28:4
So then the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came in, and encamped in Shunem,—and Saul gathered together all Israel, and they encamped in Gilboa.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
5And, when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled exceedingly.
Cross References
Joshua 19:18And their boundary was,—Jezreel and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
1 Samuel 31:8And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul, and his three sons, lying prostrate in Mount Gilboa.
2 Samuel 1:21Ye mountains in Gilboa! Be there neither dew nor rain upon you, nor fields of offerings,—for, there, were cast away, the shields of the mighty, The shield of Saul, unanointed with oil.
2 Kings 4:8And so it was, on a day, that Elisha passed over unto Shunem, where was a woman of position, and she constrained him to eat bread,—and so it came about, whensoever he passed that way, that he turned aside thither, to eat bread.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 28:2-7
The Philistines Make War on Israel. ( b. c. 1055.) 1 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. 2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever. 3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in… Read the whole commentary →