And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
Ver. 11. And the ark of God was taken.] By the wicked Philistines, who had as little joy of it - for it plagued them - as the Israelites before had benefit by it: Ut videas quid, ant quantum res sanctae sine sancto earum usu prosint, a that men may see how little good is gotten by holy things if not used in a holy manner.
And the two sons of Eli … were slain.] As had been forethreatened in 1 Samuel 2:34. God's menaces will be accomplished in their time; and yet most men hear and read them as they do the predictions of an almanac, which they think may come to pass, and it may be not: they put off all, as those in the gospel did, with a "God forbid!"
a Bucholoc.