And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
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Gill's Exposition
He gave his people over also to the sword,.... To those that kill with the sword, as the Targum; that is, to the Philistines, when there fell of them thirty thousand men at once, Sa1 4:10.
and was…
Barnes' Notes
And delivered his strength into captivity - That is, the ark, considered as the symbol of his power. This constituted the defense of the people; this was the emblem of the presence of God, which, when…
The matter and scope of this paragraph are the same with the former, showing what great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, how provoking they had been, what judgments he had brought upon them for…
Cambridge Bible
his strength … his glory The Ark, the symbol and seat of His majesty (1Sa 4:21 f.; Psa 132:8), was suffered to fall into the hands of the Philistines (1Sa 4:11 ff.).
the enemy's hand The adversary's…
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