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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 4:7

Heretofore — Not in our times; for the fore — mentioned removals of the ark were before it came to Shiloh.

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See also 1 Samuel 4:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 4:7. _GOD IS COME INTO THE CAMP._] They took for granted, as did the Israelites, that his presence was inseparable from his ark or shrine....

  • 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

    WOE UNTO US! Figure of speech _Anaphora_ (App-6), repeated in 1 Samuel 4:8....

  • 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...

  • 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

    _AND THE PHILISTINES WERE AFRAID, FOR THEY SAID, GOD IS COME INTO THE CAMP. AND THEY SAID, WOE UNTO US! FOR THERE HATH NOT BEEN SUCH A THING HERETOFORE._ God is come into the camp ... Woe unto us! Fo...

  • 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

    GOD IS COME INTO THE CAMP. — The joy manifested by the Israelites at the arrival of the Ark from the sanctuary made the Philistines suspect that their enemies’ God was now present with the defeated ar...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּֽרְאוּ֙ הַ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים כִּ֣י אָמְר֔וּ...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, (c) Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore. (c) Before we fought against men, and now G...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _God: "Elohim." Septuagint, "these gods." They speak of the true God according to their false ideas. (Calmet) --- Sighing. Septuagint, "deliver us, O Lord, this day."_...

  • 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

    AND THE PHILISTINES WERE AFRAID,.... When the spies returned, and reported to them the reason of the shouting: FOR THEY SAID, GOD IS COME INTO THE CAMP; into the camp of Israel, because the ark repre...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore. Ver. 7. _And the Philistines were afraid._] But...

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

    _God is come into the camp_ Thus these ignorant idolaters termed the mere symbol of God's presence God, imagining, no doubt, that the Israelites worshipped it. _They said, Wo unto us_ The name of the...

  • 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....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ARK OF THE COVENANT IN CAMP...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. Like all heathen, they had a superstitious fear of the supernatural, also of the deities of their enemies. Moreover, the Phil...

  • 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)

    HERETOFORE: _ Heb._ yesterday, or the third day...

  • 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

    GOD IS COME, to wit, in and with his ark; or they give the name of God to the ark, before which he was worshipped, as they used to do to the images of their false gods. There hath not been such a thin...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 4:7 Philistines H6430 afraid H3372 (H8799) said H559 (H8804) God H430 come H935 (H8804) camp...

  • 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 Biblical Illustrator

    _And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp._ IS GOD IN THE CAMP? I. Consider the great mistake which both Israelites and the Philistines made. The Israelites, instead...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 4:7 A GOD. The Philistines thought the ark was an image of Israel’s God. Because they believed in the existence of many GODS, the Philistines assumed Israel

  • 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

    Deuteronomy 32:30; Exodus 14:25; Exodus 15:14...

  • 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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