1Sa 28:20 | KD | STEP | These words so alarmed him, that he fell his whole length upon the ground; for he had been kneeling hitherto ( ). He “fell straightway ( lit . he hastened and fell) upon the ground. For he was greatly terrified at the words of Samuel: there was also no strength in him, because he had eaten no food the whole day and the whole night ,” sc., from mental perturbation or inward excitement. Terror and bodily exhaustion caused him to fall powerless to the ground.

‏ 1 Samuel 28:20

These words so alarmed him, that he fell his whole length upon the ground; for he had been kneeling hitherto (1Sa 28:14). He “fell straightway (lit. he hastened and fell) upon the ground. For he was greatly terrified at the words of Samuel: there was also no strength in him, because he had eaten no food the whole day and the whole night,” sc., from mental perturbation or inward excitement. Terror and bodily exhaustion caused him to fall powerless to the ground.