1 SAMUEL 7:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.”
As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel; but the LORD thundered with a mighty voice against the Philistines that day, and threw them into confusion; and they were routed before Israel—*vayar'em YHWH* (the LORD thundered), *kol gadol* (mighty voice), a *batail* (sound of divine wrath) from heaven. The thunder is *au* (a sign), an audible confirmation of divine presence. The Philistines' *hummah* (confusion) is cosmic disorder; they flee before a power they cannot resist.
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