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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

1 Samuel 4:9

Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you; quit yourselves like men and fight! A decisive victory on the part of Israel would have turned the tables and made the Philistines tributary, and the fear of such a contingency was another factor in strengthening their arms.

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See also 1 Samuel 4:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 4:9. _BE STRONG, C._] This was the address to the whole army, and very forcible it was. "If ye do not fight, and acquit yourselves like men, ye will be servants to the Hebrews, as they...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    5. THE JUDGMENT OF ELI AND HIS SONS--ICHABOD CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The fulfilled prediction: The death of Eli's sons (1 Samuel 4:1)_ 2. The death of Eli (1 Samuel 4:12) 3. Ichabod (1 Samuel 4:19)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 SAMUEL 4:1 B. NOW ISRAEL. 1 SAMUEL 4:1 (E). From ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE ARK (_cf._ above, p. 273). 1 Samuel 4:1 b - 1 Samuel 4:11

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    QUIT YOURSELVES LIKE. the Hebrew verb _hayah,_ to become; as "was "should be rendered in Genesis 1:2. MEN. Hebrew. _'ish_ or _'enosh._ App-14. AS. according as....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Observe how vividly the successive emotions of the Philistines are painted: _astonishment_, when they heard the triumphant shout of the vanquished army: _dismay_, when they learnt its cause: manly _re...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _quit yourselves_ i.e. behave. Cp. 1 Corinthians 16:13. "To quit oneself" = "to acquit oneself," to release oneself from obligation by meeting the claims upon or expectations entertained of oneself. I...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    The Loss of the Ark and End of Eli's House, 1 Samuel 4:1-22. _The Loss of the Ark._ 1 Samuel 4:1-11 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, a...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BE STRONG, AND QUIT YOURSELVES LIKE MEN, O YE PHILISTINES, THAT YE BE NOT SERVANTS UNTO THE HEBREWS, AS THEY HAVE BEEN TO YOU: QUIT YOURSELVES LIKE MEN, AND FIGHT._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    CAPTURE OF THE ARK BY THE PHILISTINES. DEATH OF ELI The reason which led to 1 Samuel 4:1; being detached from its proper context is that without it this chapter seems to begin with inexplicable abrupt...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 4 THE *PHILISTINES STEAL THE *ARK OF GOD V1 When Samuel spoke, all the *Israelites listened to him. Now the *Israelites went out to fight aga...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BE STRONG,... O YE PHILISTINES... — The ring of these striking words — part of the same Philistine tradition of their splendid success — probably embodied in some well-known hymn of victory, was evide...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הִֽתְחַזְּק֞וּ וִֽ הְי֤וּ לַֽ אֲנָשִׁים֙ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER VI. _ THE ARK OF GOD TAKEN BY THE PHILISTINES_. 1 Samuel 4:1. WE are liable to form an erroneous impression of the connection of Samuel with the transactions of this chapter, in consequence...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    TRUSTING IN THE ARK, NOT IN GOD 1 Samuel 4:1 The predictions against Eli's house now begin to be fulfilled. It was fitting for Israel to institute an inquiry into the causes of defeat. This is always...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The crisis of judgment foretold by Samuel to Eli now arrived. It was a Philistine attack on the people, in which large numbers were slain, among them the two sons of Eli. On hearing the news Eli himse...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Fight. To serve those whom they had lately oppressed, would be doubly afflicting. (Salien) --- If these people had seriously attended to the instructions, which they might have derived from the fall...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (6) And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The first Book of Samuel (or of Kings as with some) brings before us that great change for which the Book of Ruth was a preparation, and in order to which the Spirit of God closed it with the generati...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6. In chapter 4 the enemies of God and of His people display their strength; the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel. God, in overrul...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BE STRONG, AND QUIT YOURSELVES LIKE MEN, O YE PHILISTINES,.... Since this was all they had to depend upon, their manly courage; if they did not exert that it was all over with them; and seeing their c...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. Ver. 9. _Be strong, and quit yourse...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Be strong, and quit yourselves like men_ When they were recovered out of the fright which had at first seized them, they considered that they had made the Israelites subject to them notwithstanding t...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Israelites are ouercome by the Philistines at Aben-Ezer. 3 They fetch the Arke, vnto the terrour of the Philistines. 10 They are smitten againe, the Arke taken, Hophni and Phinehas are slaine....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Verse 1 shows that Samuel did not conceal the word that God gave to him, but communicated it to all Israel. But it is not said that it was this word that called them to battle with the Philistines. It...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    QUIT YOURSELVES LIKE MEN: _ Heb._ be men...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-9 Israel is smitten before the Philistines. Sin, the accursed thing, was in the camp, and gave their enemies all the advantage they could wish for. They own the hand of God in their trouble; but, i...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    QUIT YOURSELVES LIKE MEN; since you can expect no relief from your gods, who are not able to resist theirs, it concerns you to put forth all your strength and courage, and once for all to act like bra...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 4:9 strong H2388 (H8690) conduct H1961 (H8798) men H582 Philistines H6430 servants H5647 (H8799) Hebrews...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 SAMUEL 1-4 _(with Judges 21:16)_ I. With all his virtues and natural advantages Eli had one great fault. He was a good man of the easy type; the kind of man who makes an admirable servant, who does...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Ark taken by Philistines. CHARACTERS: God, Eli, Hophni, Phinehas, his wife, Ichabod. CONCLUSION: One may go forth with a Bible under the arm and a shout upon the lips and yet not have God...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Samuel 4:5. _Israel shouted._ But why had they not put away their sins? And why had they not enquired of God? Alas, these priests, like Saul in his last moments, were not fit persons to enquire of G...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 4:1. “AND THE WORD OF SAMUEL,” etc. Commentators are divided in their opinions whether this clause is connected with the rest of the chapter, and whether it sig...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 1 SAMUEL 4:1 AND THE WORD OF SAMUEL... ALL ISRAEL. This clause is rightly connected with the foregoing verse of the previous chapter in the Syriac and Vulgate. Attached to the fourth chapt...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter four we find the Philistines had come against the Israelites and they met them in battle and defeated them. Four thousand of the men of Israel were slain. So the Philistines were gettin...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 16:13; 2 Samuel 10:12; Deuteronomy 28:47; Deuteronomy 28:48;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE ARK TAKEN BY THE PHILISTINES 1 Samuel 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We would like to suggest something of the history of the Ark of the Covenant. 1. THE ARK WAS SYMBOLICAL OF CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD. TH...

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