1 Samuel 4:7 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 4:7

the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.

BSB

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ASV

And 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.

KJV

And 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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

God is come into the camp - They took for granted, as did the Israelites, that his presence was inseparable from his ark or shrine.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

In short, the shout raised in the Hebrew camp, on the arrival of the ark, indicated very plainly the prevalence among the Israelites at this time of a belief in national deities--whose influence was local, and whose interest was especially exerted in behalf of the people who adored them.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּֽרְאוּ֙	vai.yir.'U	and they were afraid	H3372 →
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים	ha.pe.lish.Tim	the Philistines	H6430 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
אָמְר֔וּ	'a.me.Ru	they said	H559 →
בָּ֥א	ba'	he has come	H935 →
אֱלֹהִ֖ים	'E.lo.Him	a god	H430 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה	ha.ma.cha.Neh	the camp	H4264 →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ֙	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
א֣וֹי	'o	woe!	H188 →
לָ֔נוּ	La.nu	to <the> us
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
הָיְתָ֛ה	ha.ye.Tah	it has been	H1961 →
כָּזֹ֖את	ka.Zot	like this	H2063 →
אֶתְמ֥וֹל	'et.Mol	yesterday	H865 →
שִׁלְשֹֽׁם׃	shil.Shom	three days ago	H8032 →

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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
Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
leads to
- Leviticus 26:8
  Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
- Joshua 23:10
  One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
- Isaiah 30:17
  A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a…
Through
Exodus 14:25
He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
leads to
- Exodus 14:14
  The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
- Deuteronomy 3:22
  Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
- 1 Samuel 4:7–8
  the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
- Jeremiah 51:21
  With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver.
- Job 20:24
  Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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About 1 Samuel