The Capture of the Covenant Box
4At that time the Philistines gathered to go to war against Israel, so the Israelites set out to fight them. The Israelites set up their camp at Ebenezer and the Philistines at Aphek.H16972The Philistines attacked, and after fierce fighting they defeated the Israelites and killed about four thousand men on the battlefield.H6430H6186H7125H3478H5203H4421H3478H5062H6440H6430H5221H4634H7704H702H505H376
3When the survivors came back to camp, the leaders of Israel said, "Why did the LORD let the Philistines defeat us today? Let's go and bring the LORD's Covenant Box from Shiloh, so that he will go with us and save us from our enemies."H5971H935H4264H2205H3478H559H3068H5062H3117H6440H6430H3947H727H1285H3068H7887H935H7130H3467H3709H341
4So they sent messengers to Shiloh and got the Covenant Box of the LORD Almighty, who is enthroned above the winged creatures. And Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, came along with the Covenant Box.H5971H7971H7887H5375H727H1285H3068H6635H3427H3742H8147H1121H5941H2652H6372H727H1285H430
5When the Covenant Box arrived, the Israelites gave such a loud shout of joy that the earth shook.H727H1285H3068H935H4264H3478H7321H1419H8643H776H1949
6The Philistines heard the shouting and said, "Listen to all that shouting in the Hebrew camp! What does it mean?" When they found out that the LORD's Covenant Box had arrived in the Hebrew camp,H6430H8085H6963H8643H559H6963H1419H8643H4264H5680H3045H727H3068H935H4264
7they were afraid, and said, "A god has come into their camp! We're lost! Nothing like this has ever happened to us before!H6430H3372H559H430H935H4264H559H188H865H8032
8Who can save us from those powerful gods? They are the gods who slaughtered the Egyptians in the desert!H188H5337H3027H117H430H430H5221H4714H4347H4057
9Be brave, Philistines! Fight like men, or we will become slaves to the Hebrews, just as they were our slaves. So fight like men!"H2388H1961H582H6430H5647H5680H5647H1961H582H3898
10The Philistines fought hard and defeated the Israelites, who went running to their homes. There was a great slaughter: thirty thousand Israelite soldiers were killed.H6430H3898H3478H5062H5127H376H168H3966H1419H4347H5307H3478H7970H505H7273
11God's Covenant Box was captured, and Eli's sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were both killed.H727H430H3947H8147H1121H5941H2652H6372H4191 H376H1144H4634H935H7887H3117H4055H7167H127H7218
The Death of Eli
12A man from the tribe of Benjamin ran all the way from the battlefield to Shiloh and arrived there the same day. To show his grief, he had torn his clothes and put dirt on his head.H732313Eli, who was very worried about the Covenant Box, was sitting in his seat beside the road, staring. The man spread the news throughout the town, and everyone cried out in fear.H935H5941H3427H3678H1870H3027H3197H6822H3820H2730H727H430H376H935H5892H5046H5892H2199
14Eli heard the noise and asked, "What is all this noise about?" The man hurried to Eli to tell him the news.H5941H8085H6963H6818H559H6963H1995H376H935H4116H5046H5941
15(Eli was now ninety-eight years old and almost completely blind.)H5941H8673H8083H8141H1121H5869H6965H3201H7200
16The man said, "I have escaped from the battle and have run all the way here today." Eli asked him, "What happened, my son?"H376H559H5941H935H4634H5127H3117H4634H559H1697H1121
17The messenger answered, "Israel ran away from the Philistines; it was a terrible defeat for us! Besides that, your sons Hophni and Phinehas were killed, and God's Covenant Box was captured!"H1319H6030H559H3478H5127H6440H6430H1419H4046H5971H8147H1121H2652H6372H4191H727H430H3947
18When the man mentioned the Covenant Box, Eli fell backward from his seat beside the gate. He was so old and fat that the fall broke his neck, and he died. He had been a leader in Israel for forty years.H2142H727H430H5307H3678H322H1157H3027H8179H4665H7665H4191H2204H376H3513H8199H3478H705H8141 H6372H802H2030H3205H8085H8052H413H727H430H3947H2524H376H4191H3766H3205H6735H2015
The Death of the Widow of Phinehas
19Eli's daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant, and it was almost time for her baby to be born. When she heard that God's Covenant Box had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she suddenly went into labor and gave birth.H361820As she was dying, the women helping her said to her, "Be brave! You have a son!" But she paid no attention and did not answer.H6256H4191H5324H1696H3372H3205H1121H6030H7896H3820
New Testament
21She named the boy Ichabod, explaining, "God's glory has left Israel" - referring to the capture of the Covenant Box and the death of her father-in-law and her husband.H7121H5288H350H559H3519H1540H3478H413H727H430H3947H2524H376
22"God's glory has left Israel," she said, "because God's Covenant Box has been captured."H559H3519H1540H3478H727H430H3947
Good News Translation. Scripture taken from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version- Second Edition Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. More details.
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