1 Samuel 28:20

¶ Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

Then Saul {H7586} fell {H5307} straightway {H4116} all {H4393} along {H6967} on the earth {H776}, and was sore {H3966} afraid {H3372}, because of the words {H1697} of Samuel {H8050}: and there was no strength {H3581} in him; for he had eaten {H398} no bread {H3899} all the day {H3117}, nor all the night {H3915}.

Sha'ul immediately fell full length on the ground and became terribly frightened because of what Sh'mu'el had said. He had no strength left in him, for he had eaten nothing all that day and night.

Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.

Then Saul fell straightway his full length upon the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Samuel 28:5 (2 votes)

    And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.

  • Psalms 50:21 (2 votes)

    These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.

  • Psalms 50:22 (2 votes)

    Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver.

  • 1 Samuel 25:37 (2 votes)

    But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became [as] a stone.

  • Job 26:2 (2 votes)

    How hast thou helped [him that is] without power? [how] savest thou the arm [that hath] no strength?

  • Job 15:20 (2 votes)

    The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

  • Job 15:24 (2 votes)

    Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.