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1 Samuel 28:5
1 Samuel 28:5 is verse 5 of 1 Samuel chapter 28, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and trembled violently.
King James Version
And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
World English Bible
When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
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1 Samuel 28:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.
4 The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
5 When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and trembled violently.
6 He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.
7 Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
Psalms 48:5They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
Psalms 48:6Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
Proverbs 10:24What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
Isaiah 7:2When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.
Isaiah 21:3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
Isaiah 21:4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
Isaiah 57:20But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
Isaiah 57:21“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
Daniel 5:6his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.