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God's Presence is the Glory
Commentators explain that the 'glory' that departed was not merely the physical Ark, but the very presence and favor of God. When a community loses its focus on God's word, worship, and ordinances, its true glory is gone, regardless of any outward success or appearance.
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1 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 4:22
18th Century
Theologian
The lesson taught to us so forcefully here is about the ruin brought upon churches by the covetousness and immorality of their priests. This princi…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 4:21–22
19th Century
Bishop
The glory is departed from Israel. —This unique and detailed account of the death of the widow of Phinehas, the evil warrior-priest, the s…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 4:22
17th Century
Pastor
And she said
Repeating what she had said before, for the confirmation of it, or as correcting what the women had sai…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 4:19–22
17th Century
Minister
The wife of Phinehas seems to have been a person of piety. Her dying regret was for the loss of the ark and the departure of the glory from Israel.…