And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us it may save us from the hand of our enemies.”

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

In the evening of the defeat of the Israelites, the elders held a council and resolved to send for the ark. The biblical text describes the ark in …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Why has the Lord smitten us? —The people and the elders who, as we have seen above, had undertaken the war of liberty at the insti…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And when the people came into the camp
At Ebenezer, where they pitched their tents, and from where they went out to …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Israel is struck down before the Philistines. Sin, the accursed thing, was in the camp and gave their enemies all the advantage they could desire. …