And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, [near] to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she (i) bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
(i) And positioned her body for her labour and delivery.
Verse 1 Samuel 4:19. _AND HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW_] This is another very affecting story; the defeat of Israel, the capture of the ark, the death of her father-in-law, and the slaughter of her husband, w...
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;...
CAME. came suddenly....
Death of Eli's Daughter in Law 19. _his daughter in law_ Her death is recorded (_a_) as being a further fulfilment of the doom of Eli's house: (_b_) for the sake of her pathetic dying words about the...
_Sadness in Israel._ 1 Samuel 4:19-22 19 And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas-' wife, was with child, _near_ to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her f...
_AND HIS DAUGHTER IN LAW, PHINEHAS' WIFE, WAS WITH CHILD, NEAR TO BE DELIVERED: AND WHEN SHE HEARD THE TIDINGS THAT THE ARK OF GOD WAS TAKEN, AND THAT HER FATHER IN LAW AND HER HUSBAND WERE DEAD, SHE...
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...
וְ כַלָּתֹ֣ו אֵֽשֶׁת ־פִּינְחָס֮ הָרָ֣ה לָ לַ
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...
_Sudden, through extreme affliction. (Menochius) --- Josephus says the child was only in his seventh month, but alive. Abulensis thinks he did not long survive his mother._...
(19) В¶ And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dea...
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 HIS DAUGHTER IN LAW, PHINEHAS'S WIFE, WAS WITH CHILD, NEAR TO BE DELIVERED,.... Was near her time, as it is commonly expressed. Ben Gersom derives the word from a root which signifies to complete...
And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, [near] to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she...
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....
And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered; and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bo...
Death of Eli and of his Daughter-In-Law...
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...
TO BE DELIVERED: Or, to cry out CAME: _ Heb._ were turned...
19-22 The wife of Phinehas seems to have been a person of piety. Her dying regret was for the loss of the ark, and the departure of the glory from Israel. What is any earthly joy to her that feels he...
To wit, before her time, which is oft the effect of great terrors, both in women and in other creatures, PSALMS 29:9....
1 Samuel 4:19 daughter-in-law H3618 Phinehas H6372 wife H802 child H2030 delivered H3205 (H8800) heard H8085 (H8799)
THE TRAGIC AFTERMATH OF THE NEWS FROM THE BATTLEFIELD (1 SAMUEL 4:18). The shattering news from the battlefield caused the blind old man to fall backwards and break his neck, while his daughter-in-law...
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 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...
1 Kings 8:54; 1 Samuel 10:6; 2 Kings 15:16; 2 Kings 8:12; 2 Samuel 11:
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...