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1 Samuel 28:4

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4 The Philistines assembled and came and encamped 1at Shunem. And Saul gathered all Israel, and they encamped 2at Gilboa.
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1 Samuel 28:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 28:4

And the Philistines gathered themselves together
From different parts, and formed a considerable army:

and came and pitched in Shunem;
a city, in the borders of the tribe of Issachar, of which (See Gill on Joshua 19:18);

and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa;
a range of mountains, near Jezreel, and which Jerom F2 calls the mountains of the Philistines, six miles from Scythopolis, where there is a large village called Gelbus.

FOOTNOTES:

F2 De loc. Heb fol. 92. D.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Samuel 28:4 In-Context

2 David said to Achish, "Very well, you shall know what your servant can do." And Achish said to David, "Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life."
3 Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the necromancers out of the land.
4 The Philistines assembled and came and encamped at Shunem. And Saul gathered all Israel, and they encamped at Gilboa.
5 When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
6 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets.

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