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A Shocking Prophecy
Commentators explain that the phrase "ears shall tingle" describes an event so shocking and horrifying it would stun the entire nation. This wasn't just a military defeat, but a national catastrophe, identified by scholars as the capture of the Ark of the Covenant. This loss would signal to Israel that God's protective presence had seemingly departed from them.
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1 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 3:11
18th Century
Theologian
More accurately, the phrase is, “the which whosoever heareth both his ears shall tingle.” This expressive phrase occurs twice more in refe…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 3:11
19th Century
Bishop
The ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. —The calamity referred to here was the capture of the Ark of the Cove…
Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Samuel 3:11–13
19th Century
Preacher
And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. In that day…
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John Gill
On 1 Samuel 3:11
17th Century
Pastor
And the Lord said to Samuel
The voice of the Lord continued speaking to him: behold,
I will do a …
Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 3:11–18
17th Century
Minister
What a great deal of guilt and corruption there is in us, about which we may say, It is the iniquity that our own heart knows; we are conscious of …