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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)...
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DEATH OF ELI, BIRTH OF ICHABOD.
1 Samuel 4:12. clothes rent, etc.: signs of mourning.
1 Samuel 4:18. forty; LXX twenty. AND HE... YEARS: formula used by
Deuteronomic editor of Jg. (Judges 10:2 f;...
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_I am he_ He has to announce himself to the blind old man who cannot
see the tale of disaster which his dust-soiled, blood-stained garments
tell all too plainly to the people.
_the army_ Better, as i...
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The Death of Eli...
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_Death of Eli._ 1 Samuel 4:12-18
12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh
the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
13 And when he came, lo, Eli...
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_AND WHEN ELI HEARD THE NOISE OF THE CRYING, HE SAID, WHAT MEANETH THE
NOISE OF THIS TUMULT? AND THE MAN CAME IN HASTILY, AND TOLD ELI._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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...
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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...
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I FLED TO DAY OUT OF THE ARMY. — The fatal battle had taken place
very early that same morning. The utter rout, the awful slaughter, the
death of Hophni and Phinehas, and the loss of the Ark of the Co...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר הָ אִ֜ישׁ אֶל ־עֵלִ֗י
אָֽנֹכִי֙
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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...
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THE GLORY DEPARTED FROM ISRAEL
1 Samuel 4:12
Notwithstanding their high hopes, disaster again overtook the hosts of
Israel. No symbols of God will help us, until we have put away our
idols and laid...
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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...
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(12) В¶ And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to
Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his
head. (13) And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the ways...
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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...
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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...
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AND THE MAN SAID UNTO ELI, I AM HE THAT CAME OUT OF THE ARMY,.... It
is very probable that the people Eli inquired of told him there was a
messenger come from the army, though they did not choose to r...
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And the man said unto Eli, I [am] he that came out of the army, and I
fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
Ver. 16. _And I fled today out of the army._] I am an eyewi...
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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....
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And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I
fled today out of the army. He was in a position to give authentic
news. AND HE SAID, WHAT IS THERE DONE, MY SON? What news is there...
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Death of Eli and of his Daughter-In-Law...
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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...
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IS THERE DONE:
_ Heb._ is the thing...
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12-18 The defeat of the army was very grievous to Eli as a judge; the
tidings of the death of his two sons, to whom he had been so
indulgent, and who, as he had reason to fear, died impenitent, touche...
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I AM HE THAT CAME OUT OF THE ARMY; I speak not what I have by
uncertain rumours, but what mine eyes were witnesses of....
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1 Samuel 4:16 man H376 said H559 (H8799) Eli H5941 came H935 (H8802)
battle H4634 fled H5127 ...
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NEWS IS BROUGHT TO SHILOH OF THE CAPTURE OF THE ARK OF YHWH AND THE
DEATH OF ELI'S TWO SONS (1 SAMUEL 4:11).
The devastating news now comes to Shiloh of the capture of the Ark of
YHWH and the deaths o...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_And the Philistines fought and Israel was smitten._
THE HARVEST OF SIN
This story tells of a harvest that had long been predicted, and that
at length was reaped. “They have sown the wind, and they...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 4:13. “ELI SAT UPON A SEAT BY THE WAYSIDE.” “This
sitting on the side of the way by which the first message must come
answers precisely to the intense expectati...
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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...
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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...
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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...