3 Regum 4:7

Clementine Latin Vulgate

Hic autem erat mos antiquitus in Israël inter propinquos, ut siquando alter alteri suo juri cedebat, ut esset firma concessio, solvebat homo calceamentum suum, et dabat proximo suo : hoc erat testmonium cessionis in Israël.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Timueruntque Philisthiim, dicentes: Venit Deus in castra. Et ingemuerunt, dicentes:

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Timueruntque Philisthim dicentes: "Venit Deus in castra!". Et ingemuerunt dicentes:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

were afraid: Exodus 14:25, Exodus 15:14-16, Deuteronomy 32:30

heretofore: Heb. yesterday or the third day

Reciprocal: Job 15:25 - strengtheneth Psalms 60:10 - didst Isaiah 41:6 - helped Jeremiah 18:13 - who

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Philistines were afraid,.... When the spies returned, and reported to them the reason of the shouting:

for they said, God is come into the camp; into the camp of Israel, because the ark represented him, and was the symbol of his presence; and these Heathens might take the ark itself for an idol of the Israelites; the Targum is,

"the ark of God is come''

and they said, woe unto us; it is all over with us, destruction and ruin will be our case, victory will go on their side now their God is among them:

for there hath not been such a thing heretofore; if by this they meant that the ark had never been in the camp of Israel before, they were mistaken; and it is no great wonder they should, being not so well acquainted with the affairs of Israel, and their customs; or rather, it was not so yesterday, or three days ago, when they were defeated; there was no shouting then: or the state of the war is altered; before we fought with the men of Israel, but now we must fight with the God of Israel also.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 4:7. God is come into the camp. — They took for granted, as did the Israelites, that his presence was inseparable from his ark or shrine.