1 Samuel 4:16
16 And the man said to Eli, I have come from the army and have come in flight today from the fight. And he said, How did it go, my son?
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16 And the man said to Eli, I have come from the army and have come in flight today from the fight. And he said, How did it go, my son?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 4:16
Commentary on 1 Samuel 4:12-18
(Read 1 Samuel 4:12-18)
The defeat of the army was very grievous to Eli as a judge; the tidings of the death of his two sons, to whom he had been so indulgent, and who, as he had reason to fear, died impenitent, touched him as a father; yet there was a greater concern on his spirit. And when the messenger concluded his story with, "The ark of God is taken," he is struck to the heart, and died immediately. A man may die miserably, yet not die eternally; may come to an untimely end, yet the end be peace.