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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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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....
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_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...
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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...
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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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_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....
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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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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...
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הִֽתְחַזְּק֞וּ וִֽ הְי֤וּ לַֽ
אֲנָשִׁים֙ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים...
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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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_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...
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(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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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
Isr...
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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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QUIT YOURSELVES LIKE MEN:
_ Heb._ be men...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 4:9 strong H2388 (H8690) conduct H1961 (H8798) men H582
Philistines H6430 servants H5647 (H8799) Hebrews...
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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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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 Corinthians 16:13; 2 Samuel 10:12; Deuteronomy 28:47; Deuteronomy
28:48;...
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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...