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1Samuel 4
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The Philistines Capture the Ark

4What Samuel had to say was directed to all Israel, and Israel went out to engage the Philistines in battle. The Israelites were camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines were camped at Aphek.H1697H8050H3478H3478H3318H7125H6430H4421H2583H72H6430H2583H663
2The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the battlefield.H6430H6186H7125H3478H5203H4421H3478H5062H6440H6430H5221H4634H7704H702H505H376
3When the people came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Why did the Lord defeat us today when we fought the Philistines?Let's take the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord from Shiloh, so it may go with us and deliver us from the power of our enemies."H5971H935H4264H2205H3478H559H3068H5062H3117H6440H6430H3947H727H1285H3068H7887H935H7130H3467H3709H341
4So the people sent word to Shiloh and took away from there the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, who sits above the cherubim. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were there with the Ark of the Covenant of God.H5971H7971H7887H5375H727H1285H3068H6635H3427H3742H8147H1121H5941H2652H6372H727H1285H430
5When the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel gave a great shout and the earth reverberated!H727H1285H3068H935H4264H3478H7321H1419H8643H776H1949
6When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they asked, "What is this noise the comes from shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?" Then they realized that the Ark of the Lord had come into the camp,H6430H8085H6963H8643H559H6963H1419H8643H4264H5680H3045H727H3068H935H4264
7and the Philistines were terrified. "God has come into the camp," they said. "Woe to us, because nothing like this has ever happened before!H6430H3372H559H430H935H4264H559H188H865H8032
8Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods?These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the desert.H188H5337H3027H117H430H430H5221H4714H4347H4057
9Philistines, be strong and be men, or you will become slaves to the Hebrews just as they have been slaves to you! Be men and fight!"48H2388H1961H582H6430H5647H5680H5647H1961H582H3898
10The Philistines fought and Israel was defeated; each of them fled to his own tent. It was a very great slaughter, and 30,000 soldiers of Israel died.H6430H3898H3478H5062H5127H376H168H3966H1419H4347H5307H3478H7970H505H7273
11The Ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, died.10H727H430H3947H8147H1121H5941H2652H6372H4191

The Death of Eli

12That very same day, a Benjaminite man ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh, with his garments torn and dirt on his head.H7323H376H1144H4634H935H7887H3117H4055H7167H127H7218
13When he arrived, Eli was sitting there on a seat beside the road, watching because his heart trembled for the Ark of God. The man went into the town to give the report, and the whole town cried out.H935H5941H3427H3678H1870H3027H3197H6822H3820H2730H727H430H376H935H5892H5046H5892H2199
14Eli heard the sound of the cry and asked, "What is the meaning of this commotion?" Then the man quickly came and told Eli.H5941H8085H6963H6818H559H6963H1995H376H935H4116H5046H5941
15Now Eli was 98 years old, and his vision had failed.H5941H8673H8083H8141H1121H5869H6965H3201H7200
16The man said to Eli, "I've just come from the battle line, and I escaped from the battle today." He asked, "What happened, my son?"H376H559H5941H935H4634H5127H3117H4634H559H1697H1121
17The messenger answered, "Israel fled from the Philistines and the people suffered a great defeat as well. Moreover, your two sons, Hophni and Phineas, are dead, and the Ark of God was captured."H1319H6030H559H3478H5127H6440H6430H1419H4046H5971H8147H1121H2652H6372H4191H727H430H3947
18When he mentioned the Ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backwards by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, since he was old and heavy. Eli had judged Israel for 40 years.H2142H727H430H5307H3678H322H1157H3027H8179H4665H7665H4191H2204H376H3513H8199H3478H705H8141

Ichabod is Born

19Eli's daughter-in-law, the wife of Phineas, was pregnant and ready to give birth. When she heard the report about the capture of the Ark of God and that her father-in-law and husband were dead, she crouched down and gave birth, because her labor pains suddenly began.H3618H6372H802H2030H3205H8085H8052H413H727H430H3947H2524H376H4191H3766H3205H6735H2015
20As she was about to die, the women standing around her said, "Don't be afraid! You've given birth to a son." But she did not respond or pay attention.H6256H4191H5324H1696H3372H3205H1121H6030H7896H3820
21She had named the boy Ichabod, saying, "Glory has departed from Israel," because the Ark of God had been captured and because her father-in-law and husband were dead.H7121H5288H350H559H3519H1540H3478H413H727H430H3947H2524H376
22She said, "Glory has departed from Israel, because the Ark of God has been captured."H559H3519H1540H3478H727H430H3947


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