Psalms 78:64

priests. Compare 1 Samuel 4:11.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 78:64

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 w...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXVIII. The Lesson of Israel's History. The northern tribes have been perverse from the first. Their wickedness has culminated in the schismatical...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 fro...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Priests ] see 1 Samuel 4:11 . Made no lamentation ] In the perils of the time mourning rites could not be observed: see Job 27:15 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 Israe...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 t...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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,...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 me...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 Samue...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies to Israel....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Their priests, Hophni and Phinehas, and others. No lamentation; no funeral solemnities; either because they were prevented by their own death, as...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription,—“Maschil of Asaph ,” i.e. , an instruction of Asaph, a didactic song by Asaph. The Psalm was probably written by the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 reflec...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. Maschil of Asaph. Rabbi Kimchi says, that this title, which signifies to give instruction, designates also the species of music or melody to...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This, the first of the "historical psalms," though assigned by the rationalistic school (De Wette, Ewald, Koster, Hitzig) to a period...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Narrative of God's Deeds
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Their priests fell by the sword, Hophni and Phinehas being examples, 1 Samuel 4:11 ; and their widows made no lamentation, being kept from the cus...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Priests — Hophni and Phinehas. No lamentation — No funeral solemnities; either because they were prevented by their own death, as the wife of Phine...

⁶⁴ Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 78:64

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 78:64