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**Came** . Compare [Acts 3:24](../../../kjv/acts/3/24) .[Hebrews 11:32](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/32) .
**Eben-ezer** = Stone of help. So called in anticipation of Samuel's victory twenty years later ([1 Samuel 7:12](../../../kjv/1-samuel/7/12) ).
**Aphek** = Fortress. [Joshua 15:53](../../../kjv/joshua/15/53) .

**men** . Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .

**Wherefore . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* *App-6* *.*
**the LORD** . Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**enemies** . Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "enemy".

**Shiloh** . See note on [1 Samuel 1:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/3) .
**the LORD of hosts** . See note on [1 Samuel 1:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/3) .
**God** *= Elohim.* App-4 . Marking His relation to His creatures.

**shouted . . . shout** . Figure of speech *Polyptoton.* App-6 . See note on [Genesis 26:28](../../../kjv/genesis/26/28) .

**noise of the shout** . Figure of speech *Pleonasm.* App-6 . Compare [1 Samuel 4:14](../../../kjv/1-samuel/4/14) .
**meaneth** = is. Compare [Matthew 9:13](../../../kjv/matthew/9/13) ; [Matthew 26:26](../../../kjv/matthew/26/26) , [Matthew 26:28](../../../kjv/matthew/26/28) .

**Woe unto us!** Figure of speech *Anaphora* ( App-6 ), repeated in [1 Samuel 4:8](../../../kjv/1-samuel/4/8) .

**who . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .
**the Gods** = the Gods themselves.

**quit yourselves like** = the Hebrew verb *hayah,* to become; as "was "should be rendered in [Genesis 1:2](../../../kjv/genesis/1/2) .
**men** . Hebrew. *'ish* or *'enosh.* App-14 .
**as** = according as.

**every man** . Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .

**man** . Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .

**lo.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**a** = the.
**God.** Hebrew with Art. = the God. App-14 .

**noise of this tumult.** Figure of speech *Pleonasm.* App-6 .

**were dim** = were set, as in [1 Kings 14:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/14/4) .
**could not see** . One of the nine cases of blindness. See note on [Genesis 19:11](../../../kjv/genesis/19/11) .

**and.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* in [1 Samuel 4:17](../../../kjv/1-samuel/4/17) .

**came** = came suddenly.

**about** = at.

**I-chabod** = Where is the glory?
**because of** . Some codices add "the death of". Compare [1 Samuel 4:19](../../../kjv/1-samuel/4/19) .

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