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He who brought the news answered, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
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The Order of Tragedy
Commentators note the messenger's wise, gradual delivery of the news. He starts with the army's retreat, then the great slaughter, then the death of Eli's sons, and finally, the capture of the Ark. This escalating report saved the most devastating news, the loss of God's Ark, for the very end.
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1 Samuel
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the messenger answered and said He delivered his account gradually, beginning with generals, and then proceeding…
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…
