24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were dreadfully afraid.

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17 (A)One thousand shall flee at the threat of one,
At the threat of five you shall flee,
Till you are left as a [a]pole on top of a mountain
And as a banner on a hill.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:17 A tree stripped of branches

And it was told to the house of David, saying, “Syria’s forces are [a]deployed in Ephraim.” So his heart and the heart of his people were moved as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.

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  1. Isaiah 7:2 Lit. settled upon

11 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

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When the men of Israel saw that they were in danger (for the people were distressed), then the people (A)hid in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in holes, and in pits. And some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the (B)land of Gad and Gilead.

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

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30 How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock (A)had sold them,
And the Lord had surrendered them?

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33 There we saw the [a]giants ((A)the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were (B)like[b] grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were (C)in their sight.”

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  1. Numbers 13:33 Heb. nephilim
  2. Numbers 13:33 As mere insects

36 ‘And as for those of you who are left, I will send (A)faintness[a] into their hearts in the lands of their enemies;

the sound of a shaken leaf shall cause them to flee;

they shall flee as though fleeing from a sword, and they shall fall when no one pursues.

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  1. Leviticus 26:36 fear

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