1 Samuel 4:17 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | RSV

He who brought the tidings answered and said, "Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has also been a great slaughter among the people; your two sons also, Hophni and Phin'ehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured."

Commentaries

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And the messenger answered and said
He delivered his account gradually, beginning with generals, and then proceeding…

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…

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