“ And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken. ”
The lesson of the ruin brought upon Churches by the covetousness and profligacy of their priests, which is here taught us so forcibly, and which has been again and again illustrated in Jews and Chr...
And she said, (k) The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken. (k) She uttered her great sorrow by repeating her words.
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...
And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken. Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].
And she named the child I-chabod, &c.— Here, as usual, the reason of the name imposed is given: I-chabod signifying literally inglorious, or without glory; glory being departed; i.e. the...
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...
(21-22) The glory is departed from Israel. — This singular and circumstantial account of the death of the widow of Phinehas, the evil warrior-priest, the son of Eli, which follows directly after th...
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...
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...
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...
(19) В¶ And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were de...
And she said ,.... Repeating what she had said before, for the confirmation of it, or as correcting what the women had said; and so may be rendered, but she said ; giving her own and only reason f...
And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken. Ver. 22. The glory is departed. ] This comes in twice; the other of her father and husband is but once named.
I-chabod Where is the glory? The glory is departed That is, the glorious type and assurance of God's presence, the ark, which is often called God's glory, and which was the great safeguard and or...
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...
The Death of Phinehas' Wife. B. C. 1120. 19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, w...
This is repeated to show her piety, and that the public and spiritual loss lay heavier upon her spirit than her personal or domestic calamity.
The Tragic Aftermath Of The News From The Battlefield ( 1 Samuel 4:18-22 ). The shattering news from the battlefield caused the blind old man to fall backwards and break his neck, while his daught...
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 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 4:5 . 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...
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...
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...
Death of Eli and of his Daughter-In-Law
John 2:17 ; Psalms 137:5 ; Psalms 137:6
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...
The ark — This is repeated to shew, her piety, and that the public loss lay heavier upon her spirit, than her personal or domestic calamity.