1 Samuel 4:1 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 4:1

Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.

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ASV

And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

KJV

And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben–ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Some attach the opening words to the close of 1 Sam. 3, as the complement of what is there said, “The Lord revealed himself to Samuel ... in Shiloh, and the word of Samuel went forth to all Israel.” If placed at the commencement of 1 Sam. 4, and in connection with what follows, they are to be understood in the sense that Samuel called all Israel to battle against the Philistines. (Compare 1Sa 7:5.) But this is not the natural interpretation of the words, which seem clearly to belong to what went before.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Israel went out against the Philistines to battle--that is, to resist this new incursion. Aphek--Aphek, which means "strength," is a name applied to any fort or fastness.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֥י	vay.Hi	and it came	H1961 →
דְבַר־	de.var-	[the] word of	H1697 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
לְכָל־	le.khol	to all	H3605 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וַיֵּצֵ֣א	vai.ye.Tze'	and it went out	H3318 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֩	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לִקְרַ֨את	lik.Rat	to meet	H7122 →
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים	pe.lish.Tim	[the] Philistines	H6430 →
לַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה	la.mil.cha.Mah	for <the> battle	H4421 →
וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙	vai.ya.cha.Nu	and they encamped	H2583 →
עַל־	'al-	at	H5921 →
הָאֶ֣בֶן	ha.'E.ven	<the> Eben-	H72 →
הָעֵ֔זֶר	ha.'E.zer	-ezer	H72 →
וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים	u.fe.lish.Tim	and [the] Philistines	H6430 →
חָנ֥וּ	cha.Nu	they encamped	H2583 →
בַאֲפֵֽק׃	va.'a.Fek	at Aphek	H663 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 7:12
Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 1:10
  He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
- Joshua 4:9
  Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.
- Acts 26:22
  But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
- Genesis 22:14
  And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
- Genesis 35:14
  So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.
Through
1 Samuel 3:11
Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.
leads to
- Habakkuk 1:5
  “Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
- Acts 13:41
  ‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”
Through
1 Samuel 29:1
Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
leads to
- Joshua 19:30
  Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. There were twenty-two cities, along with their villages.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.