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1 Samuel 4:11

Listen to 1 Samuel 4:11
11 El arca de Dios fue capturada, y murieron los dos hijos de El铆, Ofni y Finees.

1 Samuel 4:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 4:11

And the ark of God was taken
By the Philistines; which was suffered partly as a punishment to the Israelites, for fetching it from the tabernacle without the will of God, and for their vain confidence in it; and partly that the Philistines might have an experiment of the power and might of God, as Procopius Gazaeus observes, by what they would suffer through having it among them; some have thought that this was an emblem of Christ being delivered into the hands of the Gentiles, and of the Gospel being translated from the Jews to them: and the two sons of Eli,

Hophni and Phinehas,
were slain; which fulfilled the prophecy of the man of God, that they should both die in one day, ( 1 Samuel 2:34 ) . It is very probable they stood fast by the ark, and chose rather to die than to give it up freely; having received a charge from their father, that if the ark was taken, not to desire life, nor ever dare to come into his presence more, as Josephus F1 relates.


FOOTNOTES:

F1 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 11. sect. 2.
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1 Samuel 4:11 In-Context

9 Cobrad 谩nimo y sed hombres, oh filisteos, para que no llegu茅is a ser esclavos de los hebreos como ellos han sido esclavos de vosotros; sed hombres, pues, y pelead.
10 Y pelearon los filisteos, Israel fue derrotado y cada cual huy贸 a su tienda; la mortandad fue muy grande, pues de Israel cayeron treinta mil soldados de a pie.
11 El arca de Dios fue capturada, y murieron los dos hijos de El铆, Ofni y Finees.
12 Y un hombre de Benjam铆n corri贸 del campo de batalla, y lleg贸 aquel mismo d铆a a Silo, con sus vestidos rotos y polvo sobre su cabeza.
13 Cuando lleg贸, he aqu铆 que El铆 estaba sentado en su asiento junto al camino esperando ansiosamente, porque su coraz贸n temblaba por causa del arca de Dios. As铆 pues, el hombre fue a anunciarlo en la ciudad, y toda la ciudad prorrumpi贸 en gritos.

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