Joshua 18:1(v60)The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The land…
Deuteronomy 32:21(v58)They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I will move them to jealousy…
Leviticus 26:30(v58)I will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul…
Psalms 106:40(v59)Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.
1 Samuel 4:17(vv61, 64)He who brought the news answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. Your…
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1 Samuel 4:4-11(v60)So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Armies, who sits above the cherubim; and the…
1 Kings 12:31(v58)He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
Job 27:15(v64)Those who remain of him will be buried in death. His widows will make no lamentation.
Psalms 132:8(v61)Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength.
Jeremiah 7:34(v63)Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the…
Jeremiah 26:6-9(v60)then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.” ’ ” The priests and the prophets…
1 Corinthians 10:22(v58)Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
Deuteronomy 12:2(v58)You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods: on the high mountains, and on the…
1 Samuel 1:3(v60)This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni…
1 Samuel 4:11(v64)God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
1 Kings 11:7(v58)Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the…
Psalms 89:38(v62)But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.
Jeremiah 16:9(v63)For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the…
Lamentations 2:7(v59)The Lord has cast off his altar. He has abhorred his sanctuary. He has given the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have…
Ezekiel 24:23(v64)Your turbans will be on your heads, and your sandals on your feet. You won’t mourn or weep; but you will pine away in your iniquities, and…
Genesis 18:20-21(v59)Yahweh said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, I will go down now, and see whether…
Exodus 20:4-5(v58)“You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or…
Exodus 34:14(v58)for you shall worship no other god; for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
Exodus 40:34(v61)Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.
Leviticus 20:23(v59)You shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred…
Leviticus 26:44(v59)Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly…
Numbers 33:52(v58)then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their stone idols, destroy all their molten images,…
Deuteronomy 4:16-25(v58)lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself a carved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, the likeness of…
Deuteronomy 27:15(v58)‘Cursed is the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up…
Deuteronomy 32:16-17(v58)They moved him to jealousy with strange gods. They provoked him to anger with abominations. They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods…
Deuteronomy 32:19(v59)Yahweh saw and abhorred, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
Judges 2:11-12(v58)The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals. They abandoned Yahweh, the God of their fathers,…
Judges 2:17(v58)Yet they didn’t listen to their judges; for they prostituted themselves to other gods, and bowed themselves down to them. They quickly…
Judges 2:20(v58)Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel; and he said, “Because this nation transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has…
Judges 10:6(v58)The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals, the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of…
Judges 18:30(v61)The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests…
1 Samuel 2:33-34(v64)The man of yours whom I don’t cut off from my altar will consume your eyes and grieve your heart. All the increase of your house will die…
1 Samuel 4:2(v62)The Philistines put themselves in array against Israel. When they joined battle, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about…
1 Samuel 4:10-11(v62)The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand…
1 Samuel 4:19-20(v64)His daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to giving birth. When she heard the news that God’s ark was taken and that her…
1 Samuel 4:21–5:2(v61)She named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because God’s ark was taken, and because of her father-in-law…
1 Samuel 22:18-19(v64)The king said to Doeg, “Turn and attack the priests!” Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and he killed on that day…
1 Kings 11:10(v58)and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he didn’t keep that which Yahweh commanded.
2 Chronicles 6:41(v61)“Now therefore arise, Yahweh God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, Yahweh God, be clothed with…
Psalms 11:4(v59)Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.
Psalms 14:2-5(v59)Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God. They have all gone…
Psalms 24:7(v61)Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.
Psalms 79:5(v58)How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms 97:7(v58)Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!
Isaiah 64:9(v62)Don’t be furious, Yahweh. Don’t remember iniquity forever. Look and see, we beg you, we are all your people.
Jeremiah 7:12-14(v60)“But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of…
Jeremiah 8:19(v58)Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: “Isn’t Yahweh in Zion? Isn’t her King in her?”…
Ezekiel 8:3-5(v58)He stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and the sky, and brought…
Ezekiel 20:28-29(v58)For when I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they…
Hosea 13:2(v58)Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of…
Zechariah 11:8(v59)I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
Numbers 11:1(v63)The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger burned; and Yahweh’s fire burned among them, and…
Deuteronomy 29:20(v63)Yahweh will not pardon him, but then Yahweh’s anger and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this…
Deuteronomy 32:22(v63)For a fire is kindled in my anger, that burns to the lowest Sheol, devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the…
Psalms 63:2(v61)So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.
Psalms 78:21(v63)Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
Isaiah 4:1(v63)Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing. Just let us be called by…
Jeremiah 25:10(v63)Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the…
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John Calvin1540 · Public DomainOn vv58–6258. And they provoked him to anger with their…
58. And they provoked him to anger with their high places. We have here adduced the species of defection by which the Israelites afforded incontestable evidence that they refused to be faithful to God, and to yield allegiance to him. They had been sufficiently, and more than sufficiently warned, that the service of God would be perverted and contaminated, unless they were regulated in every part of it by the Divine Word; and now, disregarding his whole law, they recklessly follow their own inventions. And the fruits which uniformly proceed from the contempt of the law are, that men who choose rather to follow their own understanding than to submit to the authority of God, become wedded to gross superstitions. The Psalmist complains that the service of God was corrupted by them in two ways; in the first place, by their defacing the glory of God, in setting up for themselves idols and graven images; and, secondly, by their inventing strange and forbidden ceremonies to appease the anger of God.
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Geneva Bible translators1599 · Public DomainOn vv58, 60, 61, 63, 64By serving God otherwise than he had appointed.
By serving God otherwise than he had appointed.
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John Trapp1656 · Public DomainOn vv58–64Psa 78:58 For they provoked him to anger with…
Psa 78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Ver. 58. For they provoked him to anger with their high places] After the manner of the heathens; yet with a good intention, as they called it; because God is to be everywhere worshipped. But this was against an express law, Deu 12:2 Exo 20:3-4.
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Matthew Poole1685 · Public DomainOn vv59, 60, 61, 63, 64Heard, i.e. perceived or understood, as hearing is oft…
Heard, i.e. perceived or understood, as hearing is oft used, as Gen 11:7; 41:15, &c. It is spoken of God after the manner of men.
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John Gill1763 · Public DomainOn vv58–64When God heard this,.... Their building high places, and…
When God heard this,.... Their building high places, and sacrificing on them, their making and worshipping graven images, and the language which such actions spoke; who also heard what they said to their idols, when they paid their devotion to them, acknowledging them to be their gods; he took notice of and observed all this, for nothing could pass his all seeing eye and hearing ear; and who acted as a righteous Judge, first heard, and then proceeded to give and execute the sentence; by which he let them know that he did hear and observe what they said and did:
he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel; not his remnant among them, according to the election of grace, which he in all ages had; for this would be contrary to his everlasting love, which always continues; to the immutability of his nature, who changes not; to his Word, who says, fury is not in me; and to his oath, who hath sworn that he will not be wroth with his people: he may indeed, and does, abhor their sins, but not their persons; he may seem to them and others, in the dispensations of his providence, to be wroth with them and abhor them; but does not in reality. This is to be understood of the bulk of the people in general, and is to be explained and illustrated by those several instances of his displeasure with them in the times of the judges; when his anger waxed hot against them for their idolatries and other sins, and he delivered them up into the hands of their enemies, Jdg 3:7.
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John Wesley1765 · Public DomainOn vv59, 60, 61, 64Heard - Perceived or understood, it is spoken of…
Heard - Perceived or understood, it is spoken of God after the manner of men.
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Adam Clarke1810 · Public DomainOn vv60, 63, 64Verse 60. He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh] The…
Verse 60. He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh] The Lord, offended with the people, and principally with the priests, who had profaned his holy worship, gave up his ark into the hands of the Philistines. And so true it is that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, that he never returned to it again. See 1Sa 6:1; 2Sa 6:2-17; 1Kg 8:1; where the several removals of the ark are spoken of, and which explain the remaining part of this Psalm. Because God suffered the Philistines to take the ark, it is said, Ps 78:61: "He delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand;" and Ps 78:67, that "he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim;" for Shiloh was in the tribe of Ephraim the son of Joseph; and God did not suffer his ark to return thither, but to go to Kirjath-jearim, which was in the tribe of Benjamin; from thence to the house of Obed-edom: and so to Zion in the tribe of Judah, as it follows, Ps 78:68.
The tabernacle which Moses had constructed in the wilderness remained at Shiloh even after the ark was taken by the Philistines and afterwards sent to Kirjath-jearim. From Shiloh it was transported to Nob; afterwards to Gibeon, apparently under the reign of Saul; and it was there at the commencement of Solomon's reign, for this prince went thither to offer sacrifices, 1Kg 3:4. From the time in which the temple was built, we know not what became of the tabernacle of Moses: it was probably laid up in some of the chambers of the temple. See Calmet.
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Joseph Benson1811 · Public DomainOn vv60, 62Psa 78:60-61. So he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh…
Psa 78:60-61. So he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh — The tabernacle which then was placed in Shiloh, from whence, as the Israelites fetched the ark, so God withdrew himself. This relates to that part of the Jewish history which is recorded 1 Samuel 4. For upon the Israelites sending for the ark of God, from the tabernacle in which it was deposited in Shiloh, God suffered the Philistines to smite them, and to take the ark. And so true it is, that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, that he never returned to it again. The tent which he placed among men — Whereby he insinuates both God’s wonderful condescension and favour to such worthless and wretched creatures; and their stupendous folly and wickedness, in despising and sinning away so glorious a privilege. And delivered his strength — Namely, the ark, called God’s strength, (1Ch 16:11,) and the ark of his strength, (Psa 132:8,) because it was the sign and pledge of his strength and power exerted in behalf of his people; and his glory — So the ark is called, as being the monument and seat of God’s glorious presence, and an instrument of his glorious works; into the enemy’s — Namely, the Philistines’ hand, or power.
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Albert Barnes1834 · Public DomainOn vv58–64For they provoked him to anger with their high…
For they provoked him to anger with their high places - places where idols were worshipped; usually on mountains or elevated places. Lev 26:30; compare 1Ki 3:2; 1Ki 12:31-32; 2Ki 17:32; 2Ch 33:17.
And moved him to jealousy - As one is when affections due to himself are bestowed upon another - as in the married life. “With their graven images.” Their idols. Graven images are here put for idols in general.
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Daniel D. Whedon1874 · Public DomainOn vv59–6459. When God heard—A judicial hearing is intended. The…
59. When God heard—A judicial hearing is intended. The cry of their sins had come before him, and judgment could no longer be delayed. See 1Sa_2:12-36
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges1878 · Public DomainOn vv58–6458. They provoked Jehovah, the “jealous God” Who can…
58. They provoked Jehovah, the “jealous God” Who can tolerate no rival (Exo_20:5), by their adoption of Canaanite idolatries. Cp. Deu_32:16; Deu_32:21.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers1878 · Public DomainOn vv60, 63, 64(60) Forsook.—The reference is of course to the disastrous…
(60) Forsook.—The reference is of course to the disastrous defeat by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4). See especially Psa_78:21 in connection with glory or ornament as applied here to the Ark. For strength in the same connection see Psa_132:8.
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The Pulpit Commentary1880 · Public DomainOn vv58–64For they provoked him to anger with their high…
For they provoked him to anger with their high places. The "high place" worship was always displeasing to God. It was, no doubt, deeply tinged with idolatry. And moved him to jealousy with their graven images. In the time of the Judges, both graven and molten images were employed by the Israelites in a worship which they nevertheless regarded as the worship of Jehovah. (see the history of Micah in Jud_1:17 and Jud_1:18, especially Jud_1:17:4, 13, and Jud_1:18:14, 17, 18, 31)
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Charles H. Spurgeon1885 · Public DomainOn vv58–64Ver. 58. For they provoked him to anger with…
Ver. 58. For they provoked him to anger with their high places. This was their first errorwill worship, or the worship of God, otherwise than according to his command. Many think lightly of this, but it was no mean sin; and its tendencies to further offence are very powerful. The Lord would have his holy place remain as the only spot for sacrifice; and Israel, in wilful rebellion, (no doubt glossed over by the plea of great devotion,)determined to have many altars upon many hills. If they might have but one God, they insisted upon it that they would not be restricted to one sacred place of sacrifice. How much of the worship of the present day is neither more nor less than sheer will worship! Nobody dare plead a divine appointment for a tithe of the offices, festivals, ceremonies, and observances of certain churches. Doubtless God, so far from being honoured by worship which he has not commanded, is greatly angered at it.
And moved him to jealousy with their graven images. This was but one more step; they manufactured symbols of the invisible God, for they lusted after something tangible and visible to which they could shew reverence. This also is the crying sin of modern times. Do we not hear and see superstition abounding? Images, pictures, crucifixes, and a host of visible things are had in religious honour, and worst of all men now a days worship what they eat, and call that a God which passes into their belly, and thence into baser places still. Surely the Lord is very patient, or he would visit the earth for this worst and basest of idolatry. He is a jealous God, and abhors to see himself dishonoured by any form of representation which can come from man's hands.
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Ver. 58. High places. Or, altars, chapels, and such like places, to celebrate divine service in, out of the only place which was by him consecrated, and was alone acceptable unto him; or peradventure also dedicated to idols; and were so called, because that they chose out the choicest hills and hillocks for those purposes. John Diodati.
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Ver. 58. For they provoked him to anger with their high places. This was their first errorwill worship, or the worship of God, otherwise than according to his command. Many think lightly of this, but it was no mean sin; and its tendencies to further offence are very powerful. The Lord would have his holy place remain as the only spot for sacrifice; and Israel, in wilful rebellion, (no doubt glossed over by the plea of great devotion,)determined to have many altars upon many hills. If they might have but one God, they insisted upon it that they would not be restricted to one sacred place of sacrifice. How much of the worship of the present day is neither more nor less than sheer will worship! Nobody dare plead a divine appointment for a tithe of the offices, festivals, ceremonies, and observances of certain churches. Doubtless God, so far from being honoured by worship which he has not commanded, is greatly angered at it.
And moved him to jealousy with their graven images. This was but one more step; they manufactured symbols of the invisible God, for they lusted after something tangible and visible to which they could shew reverence. This also is the crying sin of modern times. Do we not hear and see superstition abounding? Images, pictures, crucifixes, and a host of visible things are had in religious honour, and worst of all men now a days worship what they eat, and call that a God which passes into their belly, and thence into baser places still. Surely the Lord is very patient, or he would visit the earth for this worst and basest of idolatry. He is a jealous God, and abhors to see himself dishonoured by any form of representation which can come from man's hands.
Ver. 58. High places. Or, altars, chapels, and such like places, to celebrate divine service in, out of the only place which was by him consecrated, and was alone acceptable unto him; or peradventure also dedicated to idols; and were so called, because that they chose out the choicest hills and hillocks for those purposes. John Diodati.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On vv58–62 58. And they provoked him to anger with their…
58. And they provoked him to anger with their high places. We have here adduced the species of defection by which the Israelites afforded incontestable evidence that they refused to be faithful to God, and to yield allegiance to him. They had been sufficiently, and more than sufficiently warned, that the service of God would be perverted and contaminated, unless they were regulated in every part of it by the Divine Word; and now, disregarding his whole law, they recklessly follow their own inventions. And the fruits which uniformly proceed from the contempt of the law are, that men who choose rather to follow their own understanding than to submit to the authority of God, become wedded to gross superstitions. The Psalmist complains that the service of God was corrupted by them in two ways; in the first place, by their defacing the glory of God, in setting up for themselves idols and graven images; and, secondly, by their inventing strange and forbidden ceremonies to appease the anger of God.
John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv58, 60, 61, 63, 64 By serving God otherwise than he had appointed.
By serving God otherwise than he had appointed.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv58–64 Psa 78:58 For they provoked him to anger with…
Psa 78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Ver. 58. For they provoked him to anger with their high places] After the manner of the heathens; yet with a good intention, as they called it; because God is to be everywhere worshipped. But this was against an express law, Deu 12:2 Exo 20:3-4.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv59, 60, 61, 63, 64 Heard, i.e. perceived or understood, as hearing is oft…
Heard, i.e. perceived or understood, as hearing is oft used, as Gen 11:7; 41:15, &c. It is spoken of God after the manner of men.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv58–64 When God heard this,.... Their building high places, and…
When God heard this,.... Their building high places, and sacrificing on them, their making and worshipping graven images, and the language which such actions spoke; who also heard what they said to their idols, when they paid their devotion to them, acknowledging them to be their gods; he took notice of and observed all this, for nothing could pass his all seeing eye and hearing ear; and who acted as a righteous Judge, first heard, and then proceeded to give and execute the sentence; by which he let them know that he did hear and observe what they said and did:
he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel; not his remnant among them, according to the election of grace, which he in all ages had; for this would be contrary to his everlasting love, which always continues; to the immutability of his nature, who changes not; to his Word, who says, fury is not in me; and to his oath, who hath sworn that he will not be wroth with his people: he may indeed, and does, abhor their sins, but not their persons; he may seem to them and others, in the dispensations of his providence, to be wroth with them and abhor them; but does not in reality. This is to be understood of the bulk of the people in general, and is to be explained and illustrated by those several instances of his displeasure with them in the times of the judges; when his anger waxed hot against them for their idolatries and other sins, and he delivered them up into the hands of their enemies, Jdg 3:7.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv59, 60, 61, 64 Heard - Perceived or understood, it is spoken of…
Heard - Perceived or understood, it is spoken of God after the manner of men.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv60, 63, 64 Verse 60. He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh] The…
Verse 60. He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh] The Lord, offended with the people, and principally with the priests, who had profaned his holy worship, gave up his ark into the hands of the Philistines. And so true it is that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, that he never returned to it again. See 1Sa 6:1; 2Sa 6:2-17; 1Kg 8:1; where the several removals of the ark are spoken of, and which explain the remaining part of this Psalm. Because God suffered the Philistines to take the ark, it is said, Ps 78:61: "He delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand;" and Ps 78:67, that "he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim;" for Shiloh was in the tribe of Ephraim the son of Joseph; and God did not suffer his ark to return thither, but to go to Kirjath-jearim, which was in the tribe of Benjamin; from thence to the house of Obed-edom: and so to Zion in the tribe of Judah, as it follows, Ps 78:68.
The tabernacle which Moses had constructed in the wilderness remained at Shiloh even after the ark was taken by the Philistines and afterwards sent to Kirjath-jearim. From Shiloh it was transported to Nob; afterwards to Gibeon, apparently under the reign of Saul; and it was there at the commencement of Solomon's reign, for this prince went thither to offer sacrifices, 1Kg 3:4. From the time in which the temple was built, we know not what became of the tabernacle of Moses: it was probably laid up in some of the chambers of the temple. See Calmet.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv60, 62 Psa 78:60-61. So he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh…
Psa 78:60-61. So he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh — The tabernacle which then was placed in Shiloh, from whence, as the Israelites fetched the ark, so God withdrew himself. This relates to that part of the Jewish history which is recorded 1 Samuel 4. For upon the Israelites sending for the ark of God, from the tabernacle in which it was deposited in Shiloh, God suffered the Philistines to smite them, and to take the ark. And so true it is, that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, that he never returned to it again. The tent which he placed among men — Whereby he insinuates both God’s wonderful condescension and favour to such worthless and wretched creatures; and their stupendous folly and wickedness, in despising and sinning away so glorious a privilege. And delivered his strength — Namely, the ark, called God’s strength, (1Ch 16:11,) and the ark of his strength, (Psa 132:8,) because it was the sign and pledge of his strength and power exerted in behalf of his people; and his glory — So the ark is called, as being the monument and seat of God’s glorious presence, and an instrument of his glorious works; into the enemy’s — Namely, the Philistines’ hand, or power.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv58–64 For they provoked him to anger with their high…
For they provoked him to anger with their high places - places where idols were worshipped; usually on mountains or elevated places. Lev 26:30; compare 1Ki 3:2; 1Ki 12:31-32; 2Ki 17:32; 2Ch 33:17.
And moved him to jealousy - As one is when affections due to himself are bestowed upon another - as in the married life. “With their graven images.” Their idols. Graven images are here put for idols in general.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv59–64 59. When God heard—A judicial hearing is intended. The…
59. When God heard—A judicial hearing is intended. The cry of their sins had come before him, and judgment could no longer be delayed. See 1Sa_2:12-36
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv58–64 58. They provoked Jehovah, the “jealous God” Who can…
58. They provoked Jehovah, the “jealous God” Who can tolerate no rival (Exo_20:5), by their adoption of Canaanite idolatries. Cp. Deu_32:16; Deu_32:21.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv60, 63, 64 (60) Forsook.—The reference is of course to the disastrous…
(60) Forsook.—The reference is of course to the disastrous defeat by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4). See especially Psa_78:21 in connection with glory or ornament as applied here to the Ark. For strength in the same connection see Psa_132:8.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv58–64 For they provoked him to anger with their high…
For they provoked him to anger with their high places. The "high place" worship was always displeasing to God. It was, no doubt, deeply tinged with idolatry. And moved him to jealousy with their graven images. In the time of the Judges, both graven and molten images were employed by the Israelites in a worship which they nevertheless regarded as the worship of Jehovah. (see the history of Micah in Jud_1:17 and Jud_1:18, especially Jud_1:17:4, 13, and Jud_1:18:14, 17, 18, 31)
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain On vv58–64 Ver. 58. For they provoked him to anger with…
Ver. 58. For they provoked him to anger with their high places. This was their first errorwill worship, or the worship of God, otherwise than according to his command. Many think lightly of this, but it was no mean sin; and its tendencies to further offence are very powerful. The Lord would have his holy place remain as the only spot for sacrifice; and Israel, in wilful rebellion, (no doubt glossed over by the plea of great devotion,)determined to have many altars upon many hills. If they might have but one God, they insisted upon it that they would not be restricted to one sacred place of sacrifice. How much of the worship of the present day is neither more nor less than sheer will worship! Nobody dare plead a divine appointment for a tithe of the offices, festivals, ceremonies, and observances of certain churches. Doubtless God, so far from being honoured by worship which he has not commanded, is greatly angered at it.
And moved him to jealousy with their graven images. This was but one more step; they manufactured symbols of the invisible God, for they lusted after something tangible and visible to which they could shew reverence. This also is the crying sin of modern times. Do we not hear and see superstition abounding? Images, pictures, crucifixes, and a host of visible things are had in religious honour, and worst of all men now a days worship what they eat, and call that a God which passes into their belly, and thence into baser places still. Surely the Lord is very patient, or he would visit the earth for this worst and basest of idolatry. He is a jealous God, and abhors to see himself dishonoured by any form of representation which can come from man's hands.
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Ver. 58. High places. Or, altars, chapels, and such like places, to celebrate divine service in, out of the only place which was by him consecrated, and was alone acceptable unto him; or peradventure also dedicated to idols; and were so called, because that they chose out the choicest hills and hillocks for those purposes. John Diodati.
None.
Ver. 58. For they provoked him to anger with their high places. This was their first errorwill worship, or the worship of God, otherwise than according to his command. Many think lightly of this, but it was no mean sin; and its tendencies to further offence are very powerful. The Lord would have his holy place remain as the only spot for sacrifice; and Israel, in wilful rebellion, (no doubt glossed over by the plea of great devotion,)determined to have many altars upon many hills. If they might have but one God, they insisted upon it that they would not be restricted to one sacred place of sacrifice. How much of the worship of the present day is neither more nor less than sheer will worship! Nobody dare plead a divine appointment for a tithe of the offices, festivals, ceremonies, and observances of certain churches. Doubtless God, so far from being honoured by worship which he has not commanded, is greatly angered at it.
And moved him to jealousy with their graven images. This was but one more step; they manufactured symbols of the invisible God, for they lusted after something tangible and visible to which they could shew reverence. This also is the crying sin of modern times. Do we not hear and see superstition abounding? Images, pictures, crucifixes, and a host of visible things are had in religious honour, and worst of all men now a days worship what they eat, and call that a God which passes into their belly, and thence into baser places still. Surely the Lord is very patient, or he would visit the earth for this worst and basest of idolatry. He is a jealous God, and abhors to see himself dishonoured by any form of representation which can come from man's hands.
Ver. 58. High places. Or, altars, chapels, and such like places, to celebrate divine service in, out of the only place which was by him consecrated, and was alone acceptable unto him; or peradventure also dedicated to idols; and were so called, because that they chose out the choicest hills and hillocks for those purposes. John Diodati.
None.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv58, 60, 62, 64 General Information:
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The writer continues to describe what God did for the people of Israel.
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made him angry with their high places and provoked him to jealous anger with their idols
These two phrases are in parallel and have similar meanings. (See: Parallelism)
translationWords
anger
high place
jealous
false god
reject
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v60 78:60 God abandoned his dwelling at Shiloh because of…
78:60 God abandoned his dwelling at Shiloh because of the people’s idol worship (1 Sam 4:11; Jer 7:12).
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