OET interlinear 1 SAM 13:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠כָל־הָ⁠עָ֖ם חָרְד֥וּ אַחֲרָֽי⁠ו

and=all the,people trembling after,him

The author is speaking as if the people were physically walking behind Saul and shaking with fear as they did so. He is using this image to mean they were still under his command but were very afraid. See how you translated the term “after” in 13:4. Alternate translation: [and all of the people still following him trembled] or [and all of the soldiers who remained there under his command trembled]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

חָרְד֥וּ

trembling

The author assumes that readers will understand that he means the people were trembling from fear. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [trembled with fear]