1 Samuel 28:5
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And Saul saw the army of the Philistines, and was afraid, and his heart was very much dismayed.

he was afraid

Job 15:21 The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.

Job 18:11 Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.

Psalm 48:5,6 So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved: . . .

Psalm 73:19 How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity.

Proverbs 10:24 As a tempest that passeth, so the wicked shall be no more: but the just is as an everlasting foundation.

Isaiah 7:2 And they told the house of David, saying: Syria hath rested upon Ephraim, and his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.

Isaiah 21:3,4 Therefore are my loins filled with pain, anguish hath taken hold of me, as the anguish of a woman in labour: I fell down at the hearing of it, I was troubled at the seeing of it. . . .

Isaiah 57:20,21 But the wicked are like the raging sea, which cannot rest, and the waves thereof cast up dirt and mire. . . .

Daniel 5:6 Then was the king's countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him: and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees struck one against the other.

Context
Philistines Gather Against Israel
4And the Philistines were gathered together, and came and encamped in Sunam: and Saul also gathered together all Israel, and came to Gelboe. 5And Saul saw the army of the Philistines, and was afraid, and his heart was very much dismayed.6And he consulted the Lord, and he answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by priests, nor by prophets.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:4
And the Philistines were gathered together, and came and encamped in Sunam: and Saul also gathered together all Israel, and came to Gelboe.

1 Samuel 28:6
And he consulted the Lord, and he answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by priests, nor by prophets.

Lexicon
When Saul
שָׁא֖וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

saw
וַיַּ֥רְא (way·yar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

the Philistine
פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים (p̄ə·liš·tîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

army,
מַחֲנֵ֣ה (ma·ḥă·nêh)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4264: An encampment, an army

he
לִבּ֖וֹ (lib·bōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

was afraid
וַיִּרָ֕א (way·yi·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

and trembled
וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד (way·ye·ḥĕ·raḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2729: To shudder with terror, to fear, to hasten

violently.
מְאֹֽד׃ (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily


Additional Translations
When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and trembled violently.And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.

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

And Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, and he was alarmed, and his heart was greatly dismayed.

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

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

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

When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.

and Saul seeth the camp of the Philistines, and feareth, and his heart trembleth greatly,
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