SEV Biblia, Chapter 4:16
Dijo, pues , aquel varón a Elí: Yo vengo de la batalla, he huido hoy de la batalla. Y él le dijo: ¿Qué ha acontecido, hijo mío?
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 16. And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army , etc.] It is very probable that the people Eli inquired of told him there was a messenger come from the army, though they did not choose to relate to him the news he brought: and I fled today out of the army ; so that as he was an eyewitness of what was done in the army, the account he brought was the earliest that could be had, in bringing which he had made great dispatch, having ran perhaps all the way: and he said, what is there done, my son ? has a battle been fought? on which side is the victory? is Israel beaten, or have they conquered? how do things go? he uses the kind and tender appellation, my son, to engage him to tell him all freely and openly.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 12-18 - The defeat of the army was very grievous to Eli as a judge; the tiding of the death of his two sons, to whom he had been so indulgent, an who, as he had reason to fear, died impenitent, touched him as 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, ye not die eternally; may come to an untimely end, yet the end be peace.
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 האישׁ 376 אל 413 עלי 5941 אנכי 595 הבא 935 מן 4480 המערכה 4634 ואני 589 מן 4480 המערכה 4634 נסתי 5127 היום 3117 ויאמר 559 מה 4100 היה 1961 הדבר 1697 בני׃ 1121
