Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 4

1 Samuel 4:1

CAME. Compare Acts 3:24.Hebrews 11:32. EBEN-EZER. Stone of help. So called in anticipation of Samuel's victory twenty years later (1 Samuel 7:12). APHEK. Fortress. Joshua 15:53.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 4:2

MEN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 4:3

WHEREFORE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis.App-6._ THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. ENEMIES. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "enemy".... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 4:4

SHILOH. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3. THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3. GOD _= Elohim._ App-4. Marking His relation to His creatures.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 4:5

SHOUTED... SHOUT. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ App-6. See note on Genesis 26:28.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 4:6

NOISE OF THE SHOUT. Figure of speech _Pleonasm._ App-6. Compare 1 Samuel 4:14. MEANETH. is. Compare Matthew 9:13; Matthew 26:26; Matthew 26:28.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 4:7

WOE UNTO US! Figure of speech _Anaphora_ (App-6), repeated in 1 Samuel 4:8.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 4:8

WHO... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. THE GODS. the Gods themselves.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 4:9

QUIT YOURSELVES LIKE. the Hebrew verb _hayah,_ to become; as "was "should be rendered in Genesis 1:2. MEN. Hebrew. _'ish_ or _'enosh._ App-14. AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]