1 Samuel 4:16

I am he He has to announce himself to the blind old man who cannot see the tale of disaster which his dust-soiled, blood-stained garments tell all too plainly to the people.

the army Better, as in 1 Samuel 4:12, the battle-array.

What is there done Lit., What was the affair?Vulg. quid actum est? David uses the same phrase to the Amalekite in 2 Samuel 1:4.