Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 4:4

4 Yúshì bǎixìng dǎfa rén dào Shìluó , cóng nàli jiāng1 zuò zaì èr Jīlùbǎi shàng wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá de yuē guì tái lái . Yǐlì de liǎng gè érzi hé Fú ní , Fēiníhā yǔ shén de yuē guì tóng lái .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 4:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 4:4

So the people sent to Shiloh
They liked the proposal of the elders, took their advice, and joined with them in a message to Eli the high priest at Shiloh:

that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord
of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubim;
which overshadowed the mercy seat that was upon the ark, and was the residence of the divine Majesty; wherefore having this with them, they concluded they should have the presence of God with them, and so success, see ( Psalms 53:1 ) ( 99:1 )

and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark
of the covenant of God;
these, either with or without the leave of Eli, took the ark out of the tabernacle, and carried it on their shoulders to the camp, or however attended it there, being borne by other priests or Levites; and by this means they were brought into the camp, and so to battle, to meet their doom there; according to Bunting ^F4, it was carried by them forty two miles.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Travels of the Patriarchs p. 123.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 4:4 In-Context

2 Fēilìshì rén xiàng Yǐsèliè rén bǎi zhèn . liǎng jūn jiāo zhàn de shíhou , Yǐsèliè rén baì zaì Fēilìshì rén miànqián . Fēilìshì rén zaì zhàn cháng shàng shā le tāmende jūn bīng yuē yǒu sì qiā rén .

3 Bǎixìng huí dào yíng lǐ , Yǐsèliè de zhǎnglǎo shuō , Yēhéhuá jīnrì wèihé shǐ wǒmen baì zaì Fēilìshì rén miànqián ne . wǒmen bù rú jiāng Yēhéhuá de yuē guì cóng shì luō tái dào wǒmen zhèlǐ lái , hǎo zaì wǒmen zhōngjiān jiù wǒmen tuōlí dírén de shǒu .

4 Yúshì bǎixìng dǎfa rén dào Shìluó , cóng nàli jiāng1 zuò zaì èr Jīlùbǎi shàng wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá de yuē guì tái lái . Yǐlì de liǎng gè érzi hé Fú ní , Fēiníhā yǔ shén de yuē guì tóng lái .

5 Yēhéhuá de yuē guì dào le yíng zhōng , Yǐsèliè zhòngrén jiù dàshēng huānhū , dì biàn zhèndòng .

6 Fēilìshì rén tīngjian huānhū de shēngyīn , jiù shuō , zaì Xībólái rén yíng lǐ dàshēng huānhū , shì shénme yuángù ne . suíhòu jiù zhīdào Yēhéhuá de yuē guì dào le yíng zhōng .