Bible CommentariesE.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes1 Samuel 4
Verse 1
Came. Compare Acts 3:24. Hebrews 11:32. Eben-ezer = Stone of help. So called in anticipation of Samuel"s victory twenty years later (1 Samuel 7:12). Aphek = Fortress. Joshua 15:53.
Verse 3
Wherefore . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. enemies. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "enemy".
Verse 4
Shiloh. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3. the LORD of hosts. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3. God = Elohim. App-4. Marking His relation to His creatures.
Verse 6
noise of the shout. Figure of speech Pleonasm. App-6. Compare 1 Samuel 4:14. meaneth = is. Compare Matthew 9:13; Matthew 26:26, Matthew 26:28.
Verse 9
quit yourselves like = the Hebrew verb hayah, to become; as "was "should be rendered in Genesis 1:2. men. Hebrew. "ish or "enosh. App-14. as = according as.
Verse 15
were dim = were set, as in 1 Kings 14:4. could not see. One of the nine cases of blindness. See note on Genesis 19:11.
Verse 21
I-chabod = Where is the glory? because of. Some codices add "the death of". Compare 1 Samuel 4:19.
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