Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 4:9

9 Fēilìshì rén nǎ , nǐmen yào gāngqiáng , yào zuò dà zhàngfu , miǎndé zuò Xībólái rén de núpú , rútóng tāmen zuò nǐmen de núpú yíyàng . nǐmen yào zuò dà zhàngfu , yǔ tāmen zhēng zhàn .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 4:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 4:9

Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines
Since this was all they had to depend upon, their manly courage; if they did not exert that it was all over with them; and seeing their case was desperate, having gods as well as men to fight with, it became them to exert themselves to the uttermost; which did they, there was a possibility still of gaining victory, and so immortal honour to themselves; these words seem to be spoken by the generals and officers of the army of the Philistines to the common soldiers:

that ye be not servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you;
that is, before and in the times of Samson; but it appears from hence that at this time neither the Philistines ruled over the Israelites, nor the Israelites over them; but as there was danger of their becoming subject to Israel, they had better die gloriously in the field of battle than to be in the base state of servitude:

quit yourselves like men, and fight;
this is repeated to animate them to battle, which they supposed was not far off by the shoutings of the Israelites, and which they must prepare for.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 4:9 In-Context

7 Fēilìshì rén jiù jùpà qǐlai , shuō , yǒu shén dào le tāmen yíng zhōng . yòu shuō , wǒmen yǒu huò le . xiàng lái bú céng yǒu zhèyàng de shì .

8 Wǒmen yǒu huò le . shuí néng jiù wǒmen tuōlí zhèxie dà néng zhī shén de shǒu ne . cóng qián zaì kuàngyĕ yòng gèyàng zāiyāng jī dá Āijí rén de , jiù shì zhèxie shén .

9 Fēilìshì rén nǎ , nǐmen yào gāngqiáng , yào zuò dà zhàngfu , miǎndé zuò Xībólái rén de núpú , rútóng tāmen zuò nǐmen de núpú yíyàng . nǐmen yào zuò dà zhàngfu , yǔ tāmen zhēng zhàn .

10 Fēilìshì rén hé Yǐsèliè rén dǎzhàng , Yǐsèliè rén baì le , gè xiàng gè jiā bēn taó , beì shā de rén shén duō , Yǐsèliè de bù bīng pú dǎo le sān wàn .

11 Shén de yuē guì beìlǔ qù , Yǐlì de liǎng gè érzi hé Fú ní , Fēiníhā yĕ dōu beì shā le .