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1 Samuel 4:1 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 4 · verse 1
And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.1 Samuel 4:1 · King James Version
1 Samuel 4:1 in context
1And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
2And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.
3And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- PhilistinesPᵉlishtîya Pelishtite or inhabitant of PeleshethH6430 →
- EbenezerʼEben hâ-ʻÊzerEben-ha-Ezer, a place in PalestineH72 →
- againstqirʼâhan encountering, accidental, friendly or hostileH7125 →
- pitchedchânâhproperly, to inclineH2583 →
- SamuelShᵉmûwʼêlShemuel, the name of three IsraelitesH8050 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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The first words of this paragraph, which relate to Samuel, that his word came to all Israel, seem not to have any reference to the following story, as if it was by any direction of his that the Israelites went out against the Philistines.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9