Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 14:16

16 And the Watch-men of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked: and behold, the multitude melted away , and they went on beating down one another .

Or, in the hill, as the very same word is rendred chap. 13. 16. and that was the fittest place for Watch-men.

[illegible: 1+ letters]e wit, of that Numerous Host of the Philistines.

i. e. were strangely and suddenly dispersed, and put to Flight.

Either, 1. accidentally through hasty Flight: Or 2. with Design to destroy one another as the Authors or Abettors of the present Calamity. Possibly God blinded their Eyes or their Minds, that they could not distinguish Friends from Foes. Compare Iudg. 7. 22. 2 King. 6. 18, &c. 2 Chron. 20. 23.