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1SA 4:5
9
1SA 4:9
But instead of despairing, they encouraged one another, saying, “ Show yourselves strong, and be men, O Philistines, that we may not be obliged to serve the Hebrews, as they have served you; be men, and fight! ”
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1SA 4:15
Eli was ninety-eight years old, and “ his eyes stood,” i.e., were stiff, so that he could no more see (vid., 1 Kings 14:4). This is a description of the so-called black cataract ( amaurosis), which generally occurs at a very great age from paralysis of the optic nerves.
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On the arrival of the ark in the camp, the people raised so great a shout of joy that the earth rang again. This was probably the first time since the settlement of Israel in Canaan, that the ark had been brought into the camp, and therefore the people no doubt anticipated from its presence a renewal of the marvellous victories gained by Israel under Moses and Joshua, and for that reason raised such a shout when it arrived.
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