George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
1 Samuel 4:12
Man. The Jews say that Saul carried these melancholy tidings, and that Goliah[Goliath] slew the sons of Heli. (Haydock)
Man. The Jews say that Saul carried these melancholy tidings, and that Goliah[Goliath] slew the sons of Heli. (Haydock)
Verse 1 Samuel 4:12. _CAME TO SHILOH THE SAME DAY_] The field of battle could not have been at any great distance, for this young man reached Shiloh the same evening after the defeat. _WITH HIS CLOT...
Runners who were swift of foot, and could go long distances were important and well-known persons (compare 2 Samuel 18:19). There seem to have been always professional runners to act as messengers wit...
5. THE JUDGMENT OF ELI AND HIS SONS--ICHABOD CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The fulfilled prediction: The death of Eli's sons (1 Samuel 4:1)_ 2. The death of Eli (1 Samuel 4:12) 3. Ichabod (1 Samuel 4:19)...
DEATH OF ELI, BIRTH OF ICHABOD. 1 Samuel 4:12. clothes rent, etc.: signs of mourning. 1 Samuel 4:18. forty; LXX twenty. AND HE... YEARS: formula used by Deuteronomic editor of Jg. (Judges 10:2 f;...
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14....
The Death of Eli...
_there ran a man of Benjamin_ Cp. 2 Samuel 18:19. The distance from Ebenezer to Shiloh was probably not more than twenty miles, so that a swift runner could easily arrive the same evening. Cp. _to-day...
_Death of Eli._ 1 Samuel 4:12-18 12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. 13 And when he came, lo, Eli...
_AND THE ARK OF GOD WAS TAKEN; AND THE TWO SONS OF ELI, HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS, WERE SLAIN._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
CAPTURE OF THE ARK BY THE PHILISTINES. DEATH OF ELI The reason which led to 1 Samuel 4:1; being detached from its proper context is that without it this chapter seems to begin with inexplicable abrupt...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 4 THE *PHILISTINES STEAL THE *ARK OF GOD V1 When Samuel spoke, all the *Israelites listened to him. Now the *Israelites went out to fight aga...
AND THERE RAN A MAN OF BENJAMIN. — The Rabbinical tradition relates that this messenger was Saul, who snatched from Goliath the tables of the Law taken out of the Ark, in order to save them. The whole...
וַ יָּ֤רָץ אִישׁ ־בִּנְיָמִן֙ מֵ הַ מַּ֣עֲרָכ
CHAPTER VI. _ THE ARK OF GOD TAKEN BY THE PHILISTINES_. 1 Samuel 4:1. WE are liable to form an erroneous impression of the connection of Samuel with the transactions of this chapter, in consequence...
THE GLORY DEPARTED FROM ISRAEL 1 Samuel 4:12 Notwithstanding their high hopes, disaster again overtook the hosts of Israel. No symbols of God will help us, until we have put away our idols and laid...
The crisis of judgment foretold by Samuel to Eli now arrived. It was a Philistine attack on the people, in which large numbers were slain, among them the two sons of Eli. On hearing the news Eli himse...
And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes (f) rent, and with earth upon his head. (f) In token of sorrow and mourning....
(12) В¶ And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. (13) And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the ways...
The first Book of Samuel (or of Kings as with some) brings before us that great change for which the Book of Ruth was a preparation, and in order to which the Spirit of God closed it with the generati...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6. In chapter 4 the enemies of God and of His people display their strength; the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel. God, in overrul...
AND THERE RAN A MAN OF BENJAMIN OUT OF THE ARMY,.... Out of the rank in which he was, before the whole army was quite broken up. This was a young man as Josephus b says, which is highly probable; thou...
And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. Ver. 12. _And there ran a man of Benjamin._] Not Saul, as some of...
_With his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head _ According to the manner of those who bewailed any great calamity, Joshua 7:6; Job 2:12; Ezekiel 27:30. From which last place it appears it was a...
1 The Israelites are ouercome by the Philistines at Aben-Ezer. 3 They fetch the Arke, vnto the terrour of the Philistines. 10 They are smitten againe, the Arke taken, Hophni and Phinehas are slaine....
Death of Eli and of his Daughter-In-Law...
And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, which was now in utter rout, AND CAME TO SHILOH THE SAME DAY WITH HIS CLOTHES RENT AND WITH EARTH UPON HIS HEAD, as signs of a sudden deep grief, in wh...
Verse 1 shows that Samuel did not conceal the word that God gave to him, but communicated it to all Israel. But it is not said that it was this word that called them to battle with the Philistines. It...
12-18 The defeat of the army was very grievous to Eli as a judge; the tidings of the death of his two sons, to whom he had been so indulgent, and who, as he had reason to fear, died impenitent, touche...
The usual rites in great sorrows. See GENESIS 37:29 JOSHUA 7:6, &c.; 2 SAMUEL 1:2,11....
1 Samuel 4:12 man H376 Benjamin H1144 ran H7323 (H8799) line H4634 day H3117 came H935 (H8799) Shiloh...
NEWS IS BROUGHT TO SHILOH OF THE CAPTURE OF THE ARK OF YHWH AND THE DEATH OF ELI'S TWO SONS (1 SAMUEL 4:11). The devastating news now comes to Shiloh of the capture of the Ark of YHWH and the deaths o...
1 SAMUEL 1-4 _(with Judges 21:16)_ I. With all his virtues and natural advantages Eli had one great fault. He was a good man of the easy type; the kind of man who makes an admirable servant, who does...
CONTENTS: Ark taken by Philistines. CHARACTERS: God, Eli, Hophni, Phinehas, his wife, Ichabod. CONCLUSION: One may go forth with a Bible under the arm and a shout upon the lips and yet not have God...
1 Samuel 4:5. _Israel shouted._ But why had they not put away their sins? And why had they not enquired of God? Alas, these priests, like Saul in his last moments, were not fit persons to enquire of G...
_And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head._ THE TIDINGS BRINGER I. That useless lamentations after the even...
_And the Philistines fought and Israel was smitten._ THE HARVEST OF SIN This story tells of a harvest that had long been predicted, and that at length was reaped. “They have sown the wind, and they...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 4:13. “ELI SAT UPON A SEAT BY THE WAYSIDE.” “This sitting on the side of the way by which the first message must come answers precisely to the intense expectati...
EXPOSITION 1 SAMUEL 4:1 AND THE WORD OF SAMUEL... ALL ISRAEL. This clause is rightly connected with the foregoing verse of the previous chapter in the Syriac and Vulgate. Attached to the fourth chapt...
Now in chapter four we find the Philistines had come against the Israelites and they met them in battle and defeated them. Four thousand of the men of Israel were slain. So the Philistines were gettin...
2 Samuel 1:2; 2 Samuel 13:19; 2 Samuel 15:32; Job 2:12; Joshua 7:6;...
THE ARK TAKEN BY THE PHILISTINES 1 Samuel 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We would like to suggest something of the history of the Ark of the Covenant. 1. THE ARK WAS SYMBOLICAL OF CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD. TH...