1SA-4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel
went
out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside
Ebenezer:
and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
1SA-4:2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against
Israel:
and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the
Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four
thousand men.
1SA-4:3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders
of
Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the
Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD
out of
Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us
out of
the hand of our enemies.
1SA-4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from
thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which
dwelleth
[between] the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas,
[were] there with the ark of the covenant of God.
1SA-4:5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into
the
camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth
rang
again.
1SA-4:6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout,
they
said, What [meaneth] the noise of this great shout in the camp
of the
Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come
into
the camp.
1SA-4:7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is
come
into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not
been
such a thing heretofore.
1SA-4:8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of
these
mighty Gods? these [are] the Gods that smote the Egyptians with
all
the plagues in the wilderness.
1SA-4:9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye
Philistines,
that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to
you:
quit yourselves like men, and fight.
1SA-4:10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten,
and they
fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great
slaughter;
for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
1SA-4:11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli,
Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
1SA-4:12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and
came to
Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon
his
head.
1SA-4:13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the
wayside
watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when
the man
came into the city, and told [it], all the city cried out.
1SA-4:14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said,
What
[meaneth] the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily,
and
told Eli.
1SA-4:15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes
were
dim, that he could not see.
1SA-4:16 And the man said unto Eli, I [am] he that came out of
the
army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is
there
done, my son?
1SA-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 thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead,
and the
ark of God is taken.
1SA-4:18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark
of God,
that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate,
and
his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy.
And he
had judged Israel forty years.
1SA-4:19 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, and that her father in law and her husband were
dead,
she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
1SA-4:20 And about the time of her death the women that stood
by her
said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast borne a son. But she
answered
not, neither did she regard [it].
1SA-4:21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is
departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and
because of
her father in law and her husband.
1SA-4:22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for
the ark
of God is taken.
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