SEV Biblia, Chapter 4:6
Y cuando los filisteos oyeron la voz del júbilo, dijeron: ¿Qué voz de gran júbilo es ésta en el campamento de los hebreos? Y supieron que el arca del SEÑOR había venido al campamento.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 6. And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout , etc.] For it being so loud as to make the earth ring, it was heard in the camp of the Philistines, which might not be at any great distance from the camp of Israel; how far from each other were Aphek and Ebenezer is not certain; they said, what meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews ? they could not conceive what should be the reason of it, seeing they had no occasion to shout for joy, having been lately defeated; and a shout is made generally just before a battle is begun, and the onset made, or when victory is obtained; neither of which was the case now: and they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp : this they understood by spies, which they sent to find out the meaning of the shout; which is more probable than that they came to the knowledge of it by deserters; seeing it is not very likely that any Israelites would desert to the Philistines.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - Israel is smitten before the Philistines. Sin, the accursed thing, wa in the camp, and gave their enemies all the advantage they could wis for. They own the hand of God in their trouble; but, instead of submitting, they speak angrily, as not aware of any just provocatio they had given him. The foolishness of man perverts his way, and the his heart frets against the Lord, Pr 19:3, and finds fault with him They supposed that they could oblige God to appear for them, by bringing the ark into their camp. Those who have gone back in the lif of religion, sometimes discover great fondness for the outwar observances of it, as if those would save them; and as if the ark God's throne, in the camp, would bring them to heaven, though the worl and the flesh are on the throne in the heart.
Original Hebrew
וישׁמעו 8085 פלשׁתים 6430 את 853 קול 6963 התרועה 8643 ויאמרו 559 מה 4100 קול 6963 התרועה 8643 הגדולה 1419 הזאת 2063 במחנה 4264 העברים 5680 וידעו 3045 כי 3588 ארון 727 יהוה 3068 בא 935 אל 413 המחנה׃ 4264
