King James Version
1 Samuel 4:5 in the King James Version says “And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the eart...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.”
1 Samuel 4:5 · KJV
And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. fetch: Heb. take unto us
So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
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.
And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore . heretofore: Heb. yesterday, or, the third day
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“into the camp”
H4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or e
“shouted”
H7321to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e., shout (for alarm or joy)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“shout”
H8643clamor, i.e., acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangor of trumpets, as an alarum
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