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1 Samuel 4:7

Listen to 1 Samuel 4:7
7 Da fürchteten sich die Philister, denn die sprachen: Gott ist ins Lager gekommen! Und sie sprachen: Wehe uns! Denn solches ist vordem nie geschehen.

1 Samuel 4:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 4:7

And the Philistines were afraid
When the spies returned, and reported to them the reason of the shouting:

for they said, God is come into the camp;
into the camp of Israel, because the ark represented him, and was the symbol of his presence; and these Heathens might take the ark itself for an idol of the Israelites; the Targum is,

``the ark of God is come''

and they said, woe unto us;
it is all over with us, destruction and ruin will be our case, victory will go on their side now their God is among them:

for there hath not been such a thing heretofore;
if by this they meant that the ark had never been in the camp of Israel before, they were mistaken; and it is no great wonder they should, being not so well acquainted with the affairs of Israel, and their customs; or rather, it was not so yesterday, or three days ago, when they were defeated; there was no shouting then: or the state of the war is altered; before we fought with the men of Israel, but now we must fight with the God of Israel also.

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1 Samuel 4:7 In-Context

5 Und es geschah, als die Lade des Bundes Jehovas ins Lager kam, da jauchzte ganz Israel mit großem Jauchzen, daß die Erde erdröhnte.
6 Und die Philister hörten den Schall des Jauchzens und sprachen: Was bedeutet der Schall dieses großen Jauchzens im Lager der Hebräer? Und sie merkten, daß die Lade Jehovas ins Lager gekommen war.
7 Da fürchteten sich die Philister, denn die sprachen: Gott ist ins Lager gekommen! Und sie sprachen: Wehe uns! Denn solches ist vordem nie geschehen.
8 Wehe uns! Wer wird uns aus der Hand dieser mächtigen Götter erretten? Das sind die Götter, welche die Ägypter schlugen mit allerlei Plagen in der Wüste.
9 Fasset Mut und seid Männer, ihr Philister, daß ihr nicht den Hebräern dienen müsset, wie sie euch gedient haben; so seid denn Männer und streitet!
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