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Giving God Glory Through Humility
The Philistine priests advised making images of the tumors and mice to 'give glory unto the God of Israel.' Commentators explain this was a public admission of defeat. By creating replicas of their specific afflictions, they were confessing that Israel's God was the source of their suffering and that their own gods were powerless. It was a humbling acknowledgment of His sovereignty.
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1 Samuel
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Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 6:5
19th Century
Bishop
Images of your mice. —This is the first mention of the plague of “mice” in the Hebrew text. The Greek Version had (see ab…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 6:5
17th Century
Pastor
Wherefore you shall make images of your emerods
Which some take to be images of the five cities; others of a man at …
Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 6:1–9
17th Century
Minister
For seven months, the Philistines were punished with the presence of the ark; it was a plague to them for all that time because they would not send…