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1 Samuel 4:1 open_in_new
Came. Compare Acts 3:24.Hebrews 11:32.
Eben-ezer. Stone of help. So called in anticipation of Samuel's victory twenty years later (1 Samuel 7:12).
Aphek. Fortress. Joshua 15:53.
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1 Samuel 4:2 open_in_new
men. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
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1 Samuel 4:3 open_in_new
Wherefore... ? Figure of speech Erotesis.App-6.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
enemies. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "enemy".
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1 Samuel 4:4 open_in_new
Shiloh. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3.
the LORD of hosts. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3.
God = Elohim. App-4. Marking His relation to His creatures.
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1 Samuel 4:5 open_in_new
shouted... shout. Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6. See note on Genesis 26:28.
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1 Samuel 4:6 open_in_new
noise of the shout. Figure of speech Pleonasm. App-6. Compare 1 Samuel 4:14.
meaneth. is. Compare Matthew 9:13; Matthew 26:26; Matthew 26:28.
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1 Samuel 4:7 open_in_new
Woe unto us! Figure of speech Anaphora (App-6), repeated in 1 Samuel 4:8.
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1 Samuel 4:8 open_in_new
who... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
the Gods. the Gods themselves.
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1 Samuel 4:9 open_in_new
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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1 Samuel 4:10 open_in_new
every man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
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1 Samuel 4:12 open_in_new
man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
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1 Samuel 4:13 open_in_new
lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
a. the.
God. Hebrew with Art.. the God. App-14.
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1 Samuel 4:14 open_in_new
noise of this tumult. Figure of speech Pleonasm. App-6.
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1 Samuel 4:15 open_in_new
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.
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1 Samuel 4:17 open_in_new
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton in 1 Samuel 4:17.
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1 Samuel 4:19 open_in_new
came. came suddenly.
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1 Samuel 4:20 open_in_new
about. at.
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1 Samuel 4:21 open_in_new
I-chabod. Where is the glory?
because of. Some codices add "the death of". Compare 1 Samuel 4:19.