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A Humiliating Reproach
Several commentators, notably John Gill and Charles Ellicott, connect this verse to the events in 1 Samuel 5. When the Philistines captured the Ark of the Covenant, God struck them with hemorrhoids ('in the hinder parts'). The 'perpetual reproach' refers to the humiliation of this plague and their having to send golden images of the tumors back with the Ark as a guilt offering.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 78:66
18th Century
Theologian
And he smote his enemies in the hinder part - From behind; that is, as they fled. There are two ideas here: one, that they fled at …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 78:66
19th Century
Bishop
He smote. —Possibly an allusion to 1 Samuel 5:9, or to the repeated defeats of the Philistines under Saul and David.
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 78:65–69
19th Century
Preacher
You see that we are getting into clear water now; it was all broken water, storm and hurricane, while we heard of what Israel did; but when we come…
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John Gill
On Psalms 78:66
17th Century
Pastor
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts
Not the Israelites, as Kimchi interprets it, but the Philistines, who i…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 78:56–72
17th Century
Minister
After the Israelites were settled in Canaan, their children were like their fathers. God gave them his testimonies, but they turned back. Presumptu…