“ Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. ”
Their priests fell by the sword - Compare 1 Samuel 4:11 . It was considered a special calamity that the ministers of religion were cut down in war. And their widows made no lamentation - Tha...
Their priests fell by the sword; and their (p) widows made no lamentation. (p) Either they were slain before or taken prisoner by their enemies, and so were forbidden.
LXXVIII. The Lesson of Israel's History. The northern tribes have been perverse from the first. Their wickedness has culminated in the schismatical religion of the Samaritans. God, on the contrary,...
priests. Compare 1 Samuel 4:11 .
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. Their priests fell by the sword - Hophni and Phinehas, who were slain in that unfortunate battle against the Philistines in whic...
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: -Israel's unfaithfulness in the time of the Judges caused God to forsake the tabernacle of Shiloh, and brought do...
This long historical Ps. may be compared with Psalms 105, 106, and with Deuteronomy 32 . It traces the course of God's relations with His people from the exodus down to the time of David, and dwells...
And their widows... — Undoubtedly referring to the fact that the wife of Phinehas died in premature labour, and so could not attend the funeral of her husband with the customary lamentations, which...
Psalms 78:1-72 THIS psalm is closely related to Psalms 105:1-45 ; Psalms 106:1-48 ; Psalms 107:1-43 . Like them, it treats the history of Israel, and especially the Exodus and wilderness wander...
God Raises up His Shepherd David Psalms 78:59-72 This paragraph continues the history of the Judges, and tells the story of what befell after the battle in which Eli's sons were slain. See 1 S...
The supreme quantity of this psalm is that throughout all its measures, over against the repeated failure of His people God's persistent patience is set forth in bold relief. The purpose of the psalm...
The history of the church is pursued through all these verses. But we must look farther than the history, and particularly in the close of the Psalm, which ends with a view of David as the chosen of...
Their priests fell by the sword ,.... Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, and other priests; which shows the cruelty of the enemy, not to spare men unarmed, as the priests were; and the justice of...
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. Ver. 64. Their priests fell by the sword ] Hophni and Phineas did, 1 Samuel 4:11 , both in one day, as had been foretold, 1...
He gave his people over unto the sword To the sword of his own justice, and of the enemies' rage, for he was wroth with his inheritance; and that wrath of his was the fire which consumed their y...
Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies to Israel. 40 How oft did they p...
Their priests, Hophni and Phinehas, and others. No lamentation; no funeral solemnities; either because they were prevented by their own death, as the wife of Phinehas was, or disturbed by the inv...
INTRODUCTION Superscription,—“Maschil of Asaph ,” i.e. , an instruction of Asaph, a didactic song by Asaph. The Psalm was probably written by the celebrated Asaph in the time of David. Occasion...
This story of the children of Israel, after they came out of Egypt, is like a looking-glass in which we may, with great sadness, see ourselves reflected. Psalms 78:9 . The children of Ephraim, bei...
Title. Maschil of Asaph. Rabbi Kimchi says, that this title, which signifies to give instruction, designates also the species of music or melody to which the words were set, as is now the practice...
EXPOSITION This, the first of the "historical psalms," though assigned by the rationalistic school (De Wette, Ewald, Koster, Hitzig) to a period subsequent to the Captivity, is generally allowed...
The Narrative of God's Deeds
1 Samuel 2:33 ; 1 Samuel 2:34 ; 1 Samuel 22:18 ; 1 Samuel 22:19 ; 1 Samuel 4:11 ; 1 Samuel 4:17 ; 1 Samuel 4:19 ; 1 Samuel 4:20 ; Ezekiel 24:23 ; Job 27:15
Priests — Hophni and Phinehas. No lamentation — No funeral solemnities; either because they were prevented by their own death, as the wife of Phinehas was, or disturbed by the invasion of the enemy...