Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 28:5

5 And when Saul[illegible: 1+ letters]saw the host of the Philistines , he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled .

From Mount Gilboa, chap. 31. 1.

Partly, from the greatness and resoluteness of the Host of the Philistines, who were the aggressors: partly, from the loss of David, who might have been of great use to him at this time: partly, from the Conscience of his own manifest Guilt, and just expectation of Divine vengeance oft threatned, and now in all likelihood to be inflicted upon him.