1 Samuel 4:13 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 4:13

When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.

BSB

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ASV

And when he came, lo, Eli was sitting upon his seat by the wayside watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

KJV

And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The calamities announced to Samuel as about to fall upon the family of Eli [1Sa 2:34] were now inflicted in the death of his two sons, and after his death, by that of his daughter-in-law, whose infant son received a name that perpetuated the fallen glory of the church and nation [1Sa 4:19-22]. The public disaster was completed by the capture of the ark.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

And well they might, for beside that this was a calamity to all Israel, it was a particular loss to Shiloh; for the ark never returned thither. Their candlestick was removed out of its place, and the city sunk and came to nothing.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

His careful thoughts represented to him what a dishonour it would be to God, and what an irreparable loss to Israel, if the ark should fall into the Philistines' hands, with what profane triumphs the tidings would be told in Gath and published in the streets of Ashkelon. He also apprehended what imminent danger there was of it.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּב֗וֹא	vai.ya.Vo'	and he came	H935 →
וְהִנֵּ֣ה	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
עֵ֠לִי	'E.li	Eli	H5941 →
יֹשֵׁ֨ב	yo.Shev	[was] sitting	H3427 →
עַֽל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַכִּסֵּ֜א	ha.ki.Se'	the seat	H3678 →
יַ֥ד	yach	[the] side of	H3027 →
דֶּ֙רֶךְ֙	de.rekh	[the] road	H1870 →
מְצַפֶּ֔ה	me.tza.Peh	watching	H6822 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
הָיָ֤ה	ha.Yah	it was	H1961 →
לִבּוֹ֙	li.Bo	heart his	H3820 →
חָרֵ֔ד	cha.Red	trembling	H2730 →
עַ֖ל	'al	on	H5921 →
אֲר֣וֹן	'a.Ron	[the] ark of	H727 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
וְהָאִ֗ישׁ	ve.ha.'Ish	and the man	H376 →
בָּ֚א	ba'	he came	H935 →
לְהַגִּ֣יד	le.ha.Gid	to tell	H5046 →
בָּעִ֔יר	ba.'Ir	in the city	H5892 →
וַתִּזְעַ֖ק	va.tiz.'Ak	and it cried out	H2199 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָעִֽיר׃	ha.'Ir	the city	H5892 →

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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 1:9
So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 3:3
  Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.
- Psalms 27:4
  One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
Through
Psalms 26:8
O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
leads to
- Psalms 84:10
  For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- John 2:14–17
  In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
- Psalms 27:4–6
  One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
- Psalms 122:9
  For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.
Through
1 Samuel 4:18
As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 4:21–22
  And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
- 1 Peter 4:17–18
  For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?