Psalms 78:64

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
priests	כֹּ֭הֲנָיו Ko.ha.nav	H3548	literally one officiating · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
fell	נָפָ֑לוּ na.Fa.lu	H5307	to fall · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
sword	בַּחֶ֣רֶב ba.Che.rev	H2719	drought · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
widows	וְ֝אַלְמְנֹתָ֗יו ve.'al.me.no.Tav	H490	a widow · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
lamentation	תִבְכֶּֽינָה tiv.Kei.nah	H1058	to weep · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural

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Cross-references

1 Samuel 4:17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and…
Job 27:15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
1 Samuel 4:11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
1 Samuel 22:18-19 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that…
Ezekiel 24:23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquit…
1 Samuel 2:33-34 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the incre…
1 Samuel 4:19-20 And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken,…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:40–end

The matter and scope of this paragraph are the same with the former, showing what great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, how provoking they had been, what judgments he had brought upon them for their sins, and yet how, in judgment, he remembered mercy at last. Let not those that receive mercy from God be thereby emboldened to sin, for the mercies they receive will aggravate their sin and hasten the punishment of it; yet let not those that are under divine rebukes for sin be discouraged from repentance, for their punishments are means of repentance, and shall not prevent the mercy God has yet in store for them. Observe, I. The sins of Israel in the wilderness again reflected on, because…

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John Gill on Psalms 78:64

Their priests fell by the sword,.... Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, and other priests; which shows the cruelty of the enemy, not to spare men unarmed, as the priests were; and the justice of God, which pursued these men, who were very wicked, and whose character and office could not secure them from divine wrath: and their widows made no lamentation; for their husbands the priests, who fell by the sword; particularly the widow of Phinehas, who upon the news fell into labour, and as soon as she brought forth her child died, and while she lived took no notice of the death of her husband, nor lamented that, only that the ark of the Lord was taken, 1 Samuel 4:19, and which might be the c…

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John Calvin on Psalms 78:59-66

Psalm 78:59-66 59. God heard it, and was wroth, and exceedingly abhorred Israel. 60. And he forsook the habitation of Shiloh, [358] the tabernacle where he dwelt among men. 61. And he delivered his strength into captivity, and his beauty into the hand of the enemy. 62. And he shut up his people to the sword, and was wroth with his own inheritance. 63. The fire devoured their chosen; [359] , and their virgins were not applauded. [360] 64. Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no Lamentations 65. But the Lord awoke as one asleep, as a mighty man that crieth out by reason of wine. 66. And he smote his enemies behind; he put upon them everlasting disgrace. 59 God heard it, and…

The Church Fathers

"Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows were not lamented" [Psalm 78:64]. For there fell by the sword the sons of Heli, of one of whom the wife being widowed, and presently dying in child-birth, [1 Samuel 4:19] because of the same confusion could not be mourned with the distinction of a funeral.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 78

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Dictionary and topics

Jews, The · Punished for: Idolatry — Punished for: Idolatry
Widows · Not to be deplored by, considered a great calamity — Not to be deplored by, considered a great calamity

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 78:64

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:40–end

John Gill on Psalms 78:64

John Calvin on Psalms 78:59-66

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 78:64

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:40–end

John Gill on Psalms 78:64

John Calvin on Psalms 78:59-66

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 78:60–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 78:60

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 78:64