1 Samuel 13:7

some of the Hebrews The soundness of the text is rendered doubtful by the peculiarity of the construction, and the use of the term "Hebrews" without apparent reason. The Sept., changing the vowels of the word Hebrews, renders, "And they who went over went over Jordan, &c.;" but this can hardly be right either.

all the people followed him trembling The nation obeyed his summons, but in the greatest alarm at the proximity of the Philistine host.