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4:13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart {g} trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told [it], all the city cried out.
(g) Lest it should be taken by the enemy.
4:13 The ark - Whereby he discovered a public and generous spirit, and a fervent zeal for God, and for his honour, which he preferred before all his natural affections, not regarding his own children in comparison of the ark, tho' otherwise he was a most indulgent father. And well they might, for beside that this was a calamity to all Israel, it was a particular loss to Shiloh; for the ark never returned thither. Their candlestick was removed out of its place, and the city sunk and came to nothing.
4:12-18 The defeat of the army was very grievous to Eli as a judge; the tidings of the death of his two sons, to whom he had been so indulgent, and who, as he had reason to fear, died impenitent, touched him as a father; yet there was a greater concern on his spirit. And when the messenger concluded his story with, The ark of God is taken, he is struck to the heart, and died immediately. A man may die miserably, yet not die eternally; may come to an untimely end, yet the end be peace.
Ark Arrived Chair City Cried Cry Eagerly Eli Entered Heart News Outcry Road Sat Seat Seated Side Sitting Trembled Trembling Watching Wayside Way-Side Whole
Ark Arrived Chair City Cried Cry Eagerly Eli Entered Heart News Outcry Road Sat Seat Seated Side Sitting Trembled Trembling Watching Wayside Way-Side Whole
