He said to Eli, “I have just come from the battlefield—I was there this very day.” “What happened, my son?” Eli demanded.

Commentaries

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

I fled today out of the army. —The fatal battle had taken place very early that same morning. The utter rout, the awful slaughter, the dea…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the man said to Eli, I am he that came out of the army ,
&c.] It is very probable that the people Eli inquired o…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The defeat of the army was very distressing to Eli as a judge; the news of the death of his two sons, to whom he had been so indulgent, and who, as…