1 Samuel 4:16 meaning and explanation
“I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
1 Samuel 4:16, Berean Standard Bible
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The scene is Shiloh, where the aged priest Eli sits blind beside the road, his heart trembling for the ark of God. A Benjamite runner, clothes torn and dirt on his head in the customary sign of mourning, has fled the battlefield and reached the city.
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