After the battle was over, the troops retreated to their camp, and the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the Lord allow us to be defeated by the Philistines?” Then they said, “Let’s bring the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord from Shiloh. If we carry it into battle with us, it will save us from our enemies.”
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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
CharlesEllicott
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
JohnGill
And when the people came into the camp
At Ebenezer, where they pitched their tents, and from where they went out to …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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. …
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes