²⁷ “I will send ^(A)My fear before you, I will ^(B)cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

^25 (A)This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the nations ^[a]under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you, and shall ^(B)tremble and be in anguish because of you.’

⁹ and said to the men: ^(A)“I know that the Lord has given you the land, that ^(B)the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land ^(C)are fainthearted because of you.

¹⁰ Now as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. ^(A)But the Lord thundered with a loud thunder upon the Philistines that day, and so confused them that they were overcome before Israel.

⁷ And some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the ^(A)land of Gad and Gilead.

As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

¹⁵ And ^(A)there was ^[a]trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and ^(B)the raiders also trembled; and the earth quaked, so that it was ^(C)a very great trembling.

¹⁴ Then they defeated all the cities around Gerar, for ^(A)the fear of the Lord came upon them; and they plundered all the cities, for there was exceedingly much ^[a]spoil in them.

¹⁰ And ^(A)the fear of the Lord fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.