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The man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. He said, How went the matter, my son?
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An Urgent Eyewitness Report
Commentators note the messenger's emphasis on fleeing "today." This highlights the immediacy of the news and his credibility as an eyewitness who rushed from the battlefield. The vividness of the scene, as scholars point out, suggests it was a deeply memorable and traumatic event for Israel.
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19th Century
Anglican
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
Presbyterian
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…
