1st Samuel Chapter 4 verse 16 Holy Bible
And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to-day out of the army. And he said, How went the matter, my son?
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And the man said to Eli, I have come from the army and have come in flight today from the fight. And he said, How did it go, my son?
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And the man said to Eli, I am he that came out of the battle, and I have fled to-day out of the battle. And he said, What has taken place, my son?
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And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
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And the man said to Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to-day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
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The man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. He said, How went the matter, my son?
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And the man saith unto Eli, `I `am' he who hath come out of the ranks, and I out of the ranks have fled to-day;' and he saith, `What hath been the matter, my son?'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 16, 17. - What is there done, my son? Literally, What is the thing? Or, as the phrase is translated in 2 Samuel 1:4, "How went the matter?" Eli must have gathered from the words of the messenger that Israel had been defeated; for he expressly says, I fled, and his haste, as testified by the added words today, showed that the defeat was a severe one. Eli, therefore, anxiously asks what has happened, and the answer piles misery upon misery, rapidly heaping together four crushing catastrophes. For Israel had fled before the Philistines; there had been a great slaughter; among the slain were Eli's two sons; and, worst of all, the ark of God was taken.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) I fled to day out of the army.--The fatal battle had taken place very early that same morning. The utter rout, the awful slaughter, the death of Hophni and Phinehas, and the loss of the Ark of the Covenant, all this the messenger knew, and with this terrible news had hasted to the seat of the government--the now empty sanctuary.The very words of the runner were remembered. The whole vivid scene was evidently related by a bystander--some have even suggested that it was Samuel who stood by Eli's side.
