1 Samuel 4:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim,f that he could not see. ”

1 Samuel 4:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Dim - Rather, “set.” The word is quite different from that so rendered in 1 Samuel 3:2 . The phrase seems to express the “fixed” state of the blind eye, which is not affected by the light. Eli’s...
1 Samuel 4:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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. ( Ju...
1 Samuel 4:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

were dim . were set, as in 1 Kings 14:4 . could not see . One of the nine cases of blindness. See note on Genesis 19:11 .
1 Samuel 4:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
1 Samuel 4:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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.
1 Samuel 4:15 - 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...
1 Samuel 4:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ninety and eight years old. — The LXX. here reads “ninety” years, the Syriac Version “seventy eight.” In the sacred text, where numbers are concerned we usually find these varieties of translation...
1 Samuel 4:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VI. THE ARK OF GOD TAKEN BY THE PHILISTINES . 1 Samuel 4:1-22 . WE are liable to form an erroneous impression of the connection of Samuel with the transactions of this chapter, in conse...
1 Samuel 4:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Glory Departed from Israel 1 Samuel 4:12-22 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 a...
1 Samuel 4:15 - 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 hims...
1 Samuel 4:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 way...
1 Samuel 4:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now Eli was ninety eight years old ,.... Which is very properly observed, he being now come to the end of his days, and which also accounts for his blindness after mentioned: and his eyes were dim...
1 Samuel 4:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. Ver. 15. And his eyes were dim. ] Heb., Stood. They were shrunk in his head by the contraction of the sinews.
1 Samuel 4:15 - L. 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. I...
1 Samuel 4:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of Eli. B. C. 1120. 12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and...
1 Samuel 4:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
1 Samuel 4:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

News Is Brought To Shiloh Of The Capture Of The Ark Of YHWH And The Death Of Eli's Two Sons ( 1 Samuel 4:11-17 ). The devastating news now comes to Shiloh of the capture of the Ark of YHWH and the...
1 Samuel 4:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 e...
1 Samuel 4:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 1-4 (with Judges 21:16-25 ) 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,...
1 Samuel 4:15 - 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 o...
1 Samuel 4:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 th...
1 Samuel 4:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
1 Samuel 4:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Death of Eli and of his Daughter-In-Law
1 Samuel 4:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 3:2 ; Genesis 27:1 ; Psalms 90:10
1 Samuel 4:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Ark Taken by the Philistines 1 Samuel 4:1-22 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 ou...

1 Samuel 4:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 4:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 4:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 4:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 4:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 4:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 4:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 4:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 4:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 4:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 4:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 4:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 4:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 4:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 4:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 4:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 4:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 4:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 4:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 4:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 4:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 4:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 4:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 4:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 4:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary