And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
Ver. 10. Every man into his tent,] i.e., Into his house, pedibus pro armis usi, et depositis hastis domum ad beatos rastros, benedictum aratrum, sanctamque stivam recurrerunt, as one a saith of the Dutch boors.
And there was a very great slaughter.] Notwithstanding the presence of the ark, and far greater than before. 1Sa 4:2 Men fare the worse for their external privileges, if they rest in them. "Of the Jew first," &c. Rom 2:9
Thirty thousand footmen.] That is, Men able to march afoot; for horsemen they had none.
a Bucholc.