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Verse 1 Samuel 4:11. _HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS WERE SLAIN._] They probably
attempted to defend the ark, and lost their lives in the attempt....
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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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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
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_Hophni and Phinehas were slain_ The "sign" given by the man of God
that the whole doom pronounced against Eli's house would be executed
(ch. 1 Samuel 2:34).
The Psalmist's account of the catastrophe...
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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...
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_AND THE ARK OF GOD WAS TAKEN; AND THE TWO SONS OF ELI, HOPHNI AND
PHINEHAS, WERE SLAIN._
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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AND THE ARK OF GOD WAS TAKEN. — The bare fact, without comment or
note, is given of this, the greatest calamity that had yet happened to
Israel. All the people would know by this terrible sign that th...
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וַ אֲרֹ֥ון אֱלֹהִ֖ים נִלְקָ֑ח וּ
שְׁנֵ֤י בְנֵ
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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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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...
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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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_Slain. Abulensis (q. 17,) thinks they were fighting in defence of the
ark, when they might have saved themselves by flight; so that he does
not despair of their salvation. God permitted them to lose...
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(10) В¶ And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they
fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter;
for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. (11) And the...
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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 ARK OF GOD WAS TAKEN,.... By the Philistines; which was
suffered partly as a punishment to the Israelites, for fetching it
from the tabernacle without the will of God, and for their vain
confi...
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And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas, were slain.
Ver. 11. _And the ark of God was taken._] By the wicked Philistines,
who had as little joy of it - for it plagu...
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_The ark of God was taken_ Which God justly and wisely permitted, to
punish the Israelites for their profanation of it; that, by taking
away the pretences of their foolish confidence, he might more de...
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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 ark of God was taken, as a welcome prize; AND THE TWO SONS OF
ELI, HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS, the guardians of the ark, WERE SLAIN. Thus
the Lord gave His people evidence that He had indeed withdraw...
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THE ARK OF THE COVENANT IN CAMP...
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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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WERE SLAIN:
_ Heb._ died...
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10,11 The taking of the ark was a great judgment upon Israel, and a
certain token of God's displeasure. Let none think to shelter
themselves from the wrath of God, under the cloak of outward
professio...
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The ark of God was taken; which God justly and wisely permitted;
partly, to punish the Israelites for their profanation of it; partly,
that by taking away the pretences of their foolish and impious
co...
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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 4:10
I. Look first at the connection between declension and defeat, at the
root of the calamity which befell the nation and the dishonour to the
cause of God. There was a deep moral apostasy....
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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 Ark of God was taken (compare _1 Samuel 5:7_._
and 2 Samuel 6:15).
THE ARK TAKEN AND RETAKEN
The whole of this history which gathers round the capture of the ark,
and its return to the lan...
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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 4:1. “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...
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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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1 Samuel 2:32; 1 Samuel 2:34; Isaiah 3:11; Psalms 78:61; Psalms 78:64
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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...
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The ark — Which God justly and wisely permitted, to punish the
Israelites for their profanation of it; that by taking away the
pretences of their foolish confidence, he might more deeply humble
them,...