1st Samuel Chapter 4 verse 7 Holy Bible
And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
read chapter 4 in ASV
And the Philistines, full of fear, said, God has come into their tents. And they said, Trouble is ours! for never before has such a thing been seen.
read chapter 4 in BBE
And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there has not been such a thing heretofore.
read chapter 4 in DARBY
And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
read chapter 4 in KJV
And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God hath come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
read chapter 4 in WBT
The Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. They said, Woe to us! for there has not been such a thing heretofore.
read chapter 4 in WEB
And the Philistines are afraid, for they said, `God hath come in unto the camp;' and they say, `Wo to us, for there hath not been like this heretofore.
read chapter 4 in YLT
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) God is come into the camp.--The joy manifested by the Israelites at the arrival of the Ark from the sanctuary made the Philistines suspect that their enemies' God was now present with the defeated army.The city of Aphek, near to which the camp of Israel was pitched, was close to the western entrance of the Pass of Beth-horon. The two defeats of Israel are termed in this Commentary the Battles of Aphek. The name of Eben-ezer, by which the scene was known in after days, was only given to the locality some twenty years later, on the occasion of the victory of Samuel near the same spot.Philistines and Israelites, then, were equally superstitious in their belief both supposing that Deity was in some way connected with the lifeless gold and wood of the symbol Ark and Cherubim. But the Philistines had some excuse for their fears. Tradition was, no doubt, current among the old inhabitants of Canaan how this sacred Ark had been carried before the conquering armies of Israel in many a battle and siege in those bygone days, when the strange shepherd hordes under Joshua had. first invaded and taken possession of their beautiful land. The next verse explains more clearly some of the reasons for their fear.Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrewthe Philistinesהַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים (hap·pə·liš·tîm)Article | Noun - proper - masculine pluralStrong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistiawere afraid.וַיִּֽרְאוּ֙ (way·yir·’ū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten“The godsאֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlativehave enteredבָּ֥א (bā)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 935: To come in, come, go in, gotheir camp!”הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה (ham·ma·ḥă·neh)Article | Noun - common singularStrong's 4264: An encampment, an armythey said.אָמְר֔וּ (’ā·mə·rū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 559: To utter, say“Woeא֣וֹי (’ō·w)InterjectionStrong's 188: Lamentation, Oh!to us,לָ֔נוּ (lā·nū)Preposition | first person common pluralStrong's Hebrew forכִּ֣י (kî)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionnothingלֹ֥א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nolike thisכָּזֹ֖את (kā·zōṯ)Preposition-k | Pronoun - feminine singularStrong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, has happenedהָיְתָ֛ה (hā·yə·ṯāh)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, bebefore.אֶתְמ֥וֹל (’eṯ·mō·wl)AdverbStrong's 865: Heretofore, definitely yesterdayJump to PreviousAfraid Camp Heretofore Ours Philistines Tents Trouble We're Wo Woe Yesterday
