Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 4:10
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1 Samuel4:10
10 ¶ And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent : and there was a very great slaughter, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen .
i. e. To his habitation, called by the Ancient Name of his Tent.
Before they lost but 4000, now in the presence of the Ark 30000, to teach them that the Ark and Ordinances of God, were never Designed for Sanctuaries or Refuges to impenitent Sinners, but only for the Comfort and Relief of those that Repent.
Horsemen are not mentioned; Either, First, Because they had few or none, God having forbidden the multiplication of their Horses, Deut. 17. 16. and the Philistines, their Lords and Oppressors, having taken away what they had. Or, Secondly, Because they fled away, as is usual in such Cases, whilst the Footmen were more easily overtaken.
Marginal references: Psal. 78. 9.
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