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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 4:13 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 4:13 |
Strong Concordance |
And when he came [0935], lo, Eli [05941] sat [03427] upon a seat [03678] by the wayside [01870] [03027] [03197] watching [06822]: for his heart [03820] trembled [02730] for the ark [0727] of God [0430]. And when the man [0376] came [0935] into the city [05892], and told [05046] it, all the city [05892] cried out [02199]. |
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King James |
And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
ELI HEARING THE TIDINGS. (Sa1 4:12-22)
Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside--The aged priest, as a public magistrate, used, in dispensing justice, to seat himself daily in a spacious recess at the entrance gate of the city. In his intense anxiety to learn the issue of the battle, he took up his usual place as the most convenient for meeting with passers-by. His seat was an official chair, similar to those of the ancient Egyptian judges, richly carved, superbly ornamented, high, and without a back. The calamities announced to Samuel as about to fall upon the family of Eli [Sa1 2:34] were now inflicted in the death of his two sons, and after his death, by that of his daughter-in-law, whose infant son received a name that perpetuated the fallen glory of the church and nation [Sa1 4:19-22]. The public disaster was completed by the capture of the ark. Poor Eli! He was a good man, in spite of his unhappy weaknesses. So strongly were his sensibilities enlisted on the side of religion, that the news of the capture of the ark proved to him a knell of death; and yet his overindulgence, or sad neglect of his family--the main cause of all the evils that led to its fall--has been recorded, as a beacon to warn all heads of Christian families against making shipwreck on the same rock. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The ark - Whereby he discovered a public and generous spirit, and a fervent zeal for God, and for his honour, which he preferred before all his natural affections, not regarding his own children in comparison of the ark, tho' otherwise he was a most indulgent father. And well they might, for beside that this was a calamity to all Israel, it was a particular loss to Shiloh; for the ark never returned thither. Their candlestick was removed out of its place, and the city sunk and came to nothing. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| His heart trembled for the ark of God - He was a most mild and affectionate father, and yet the safety of the ark lay nearer to his heart than the safety of his two sons. Who can help feeling for this aged, venerable man? |
19 And his daughter in law [03618], Phinehas [06372]' wife [0802], was with child [02030], near to be delivered [03205]: and when she heard [08085] the tidings [08052] that [0413] the ark [0727] of God [0430] was taken [03947], and that her father in law [02524] and her husband [0376] were dead [04191], she bowed [03766] herself and travailed [03205]; for her pains [06735] came [02015] upon her.
20 And about the time [06256] of her death [04191] the women that stood [05324] by her said [01696] unto her, Fear [03372] not; for thou hast born [03205] a son [01121]. But she answered [06030] not, neither did she regard [07896] [03820] it.
21 And she named [07121] the child [05288] Ichabod [0350], saying [0559], The glory [03519] is departed [01540] from Israel [03478]: because [0413] the ark [0727] of God [0430] was taken [03947], and because of her father in law [02524] and her husband [0376].
22 And she said [0559], The glory [03519] is departed [01540] from Israel [03478]: for the ark [0727] of God [0430] is taken [03947].
34 And this shall be a sign [0226] unto thee, that shall come [0935] upon thy two [08147] sons [01121], on Hophni [02652] and Phinehas [06372]; in one [0259] day [03117] they shall die [04191] both [08147] of them.
12 And there ran [07323] a man [0376] of Benjamin [01144] out of the army [04634], and came [0935] to Shiloh [07887] the same day [03117] with his clothes [04055] rent [07167], and with earth [0127] upon his head [07218].
13 And when he came [0935], lo, Eli [05941] sat [03427] upon a seat [03678] by the wayside [01870] [03027] [03197] watching [06822]: for his heart [03820] trembled [02730] for the ark [0727] of God [0430]. And when the man [0376] came [0935] into the city [05892], and told [05046] it, all the city [05892] cried out [02199].
14 And when Eli [05941] heard [08085] the noise [06963] of the crying [06818], he said [0559], What meaneth the noise [06963] of this tumult [01995]? And the man [0376] came [0935] in hastily [04116], and told [05046] Eli [05941].
15 Now Eli [05941] was ninety [08673] and eight [08083] years [08141] old [01121]; and his eyes [05869] were dim [06965], that he could [03201] not see [07200].
16 And the man [0376] said [0559] unto Eli [05941], I am he that came [0935] out of the army [04634], and I fled [05127] to day [03117] out of the army [04634]. And he said [0559], What is there done [01697], my son [01121]?
17 And the messenger [01319] answered [06030] and said [0559], Israel [03478] is fled [05127] before [06440] the Philistines [06430], and there hath been also a great [01419] slaughter [04046] among the people [05971], and thy two [08147] sons [01121] also, Hophni [02652] and Phinehas [06372], are dead [04191], and the ark [0727] of God [0430] is taken [03947].
18 And it came to pass, when he made mention [02142] of the ark [0727] of God [0430], that he fell [05307] from off the seat [03678] backward [0322] by [01157] the side [03027] of the gate [08179], and his neck [04665] brake [07665], and he died [04191]: for he was an old [02204] man [0376], and heavy [03513]. And he had judged [08199] Israel [03478] forty [0705] years [08141].
19 And his daughter in law [03618], Phinehas [06372]' wife [0802], was with child [02030], near to be delivered [03205]: and when she heard [08085] the tidings [08052] that [0413] the ark [0727] of God [0430] was taken [03947], and that her father in law [02524] and her husband [0376] were dead [04191], she bowed [03766] herself and travailed [03205]; for her pains [06735] came [02015] upon her.
20 And about the time [06256] of her death [04191] the women that stood [05324] by her said [01696] unto her, Fear [03372] not; for thou hast born [03205] a son [01121]. But she answered [06030] not, neither did she regard [07896] [03820] it.
21 And she named [07121] the child [05288] Ichabod [0350], saying [0559], The glory [03519] is departed [01540] from Israel [03478]: because [0413] the ark [0727] of God [0430] was taken [03947], and because of her father in law [02524] and her husband [0376].
22 And she said [0559], The glory [03519] is departed [01540] from Israel [03478]: for the ark [0727] of God [0430] is taken [03947].