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She said, The glory is departed from Israel; for the ark of God is taken.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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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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.…
