1 Samuel 4:6
4 So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
5 When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that it shook the ground.
On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,
7 the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
8 Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,
- KJV
- And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.
- WEB
- When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, “What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” They understood that the LORD’s ark had come into the camp.
- ASV
- And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of Jehovah was come into the camp.
- DARBY
- And the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, and said, What is the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of Jehovah had come into the camp.
- BLB
- And the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, and they said, “What [is] the sound of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews?” And they understood that the ark of YHWH had come into the camp.
- ÅB
- Og da filistrene hørte lyden av fryderopet, sa de: Hva er dette for et stort fryderop i hebreernes leir? Og de fikk vite at Herrens ark var kommet til leiren.
- OTB
- Filisterne hørte lyden av ropet og spurte: “Hva er dette høye ropet i hebreernes leir?” Da de fikk vite at Herrens ark var kommet inn i leiren,
- B1930
- Og da filistrene hørte lyden av fryderopet, sa de: Hvad er dette for et stort fryderop i hebreernes leir? Og de fikk vite at Herrens ark var kommet til leiren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 32:17–18
When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”
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