Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
In the evening of the defeat of the Israelites the elders held a council, and resolved to send for the ark, which is described in full, as implying that in virtue of the covenant God could not but give them the victory (compare Numbers 10:35; Joshua 3:10).
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Samuel 4:3:
Exodus 40:34-35
Joshua 18:1
1 Kings 11:29
Psalms 78:60
Psalms 78:61
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