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1 Samuel 4:5 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 4 · verse 5
And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.1 Samuel 4:5 · King James Version
1 Samuel 4:5 in context
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.
4So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
5And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
6And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.
7And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- covenantbᵉrîytha compactH1285 →
- shoutedrûwaʻto marH7321 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- greatgâdôwlgreatH1419 →
- shouttᵉrûwʻâhclamorH8643 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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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