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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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EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14....
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_they fled every man into his tent_ The battle ended in a _sauve qui
peut_, every man who could escaping to his own home. The use of the
word _tent_is a relic of the nomad life in the wilderness. Cp....
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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 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._
There fell of Isra...
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4:10 tent; (d-16) Or 'home.' so chs. 13.2; 17.54....
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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 ISRAEL WAS SMITTEN. — The result was strictly in accordance with
those immutable laws which have ever guided the connection of Israel
and their God-Friend. As long as they clave to the invisible
P...
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וַ יִּלָּחֲמ֣וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וַ
יִּנָּ֤גֶף יִשְׂרָאֵל֙...
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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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_Footmen. They had no cavalry, (Calmet) as God seemed to discourage
any. (Haydock) --- Even after Solomon's time, they had not many
horsemen. (Calmet) --- The Israelites had before lost 4,000: now whe...
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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 PHILISTINES FOUGHT,.... With great ardour and spirit, quitted
themselves like men of valour and courage, their case being desperate
as they imagined, since God was in the camp of Israel:
AND...
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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.
Ver. 10. _Every man...
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_They fled every man to his tent_ They were so routed that they did
not flee to their camp as before, with an intent to renew the fight,
but each man to his habitation, here called by the ancient name...
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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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THE ARK OF THE COVENANT IN CAMP...
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And the Philistines fought, in a bitter attack; AND ISRAEL WAS
SMITTEN, AND THEY FLED EVERY MAN INTO HIS TENT, back to his home. AND
THERE WAS A VERY GREAT SLAUGHTER; FOR THERE FELL OF ISRAEL THIRTY
T...
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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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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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INTO HIS TENT, i.e. to his habitation, called by the ancient name of
his tent. Before they lost but four thousand, now in the presence of
the ark thirty thousand, to teach them that the ark and ordina...
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1 Samuel 4:10 Philistines H6430 fought H3898 (H8735) Israel H3478
defeated H5062 (H8735) man H376 fled H5127 ...
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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 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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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 4:10 ISRAEL WAS DEFEATED. In view of v. 1
Samuel 4:3, one cannot give the Philistines all the credit for
defeating Israel. The phrase...
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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 Kings 12:16; 1 Kings 22:36; 1 Samuel 4:2; 2 Chronicles 13:17;...
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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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Tent — To his habitation, called by the ancient name of his tent.
There fell — Before, they lost but four thousand, now in the
presence of the ark, thirty thousand, to teach them that the ark and
ordi...