1 Samuel 4:2-4
Legacy Standard Bible
2 And the Philistines arranged themselves to meet Israel. Then the battle spread, and Israel was [a]defeated before the Philistines who struck down about 4,000 men on the battlefield. 3 Then the people came into the camp, and the elders of Israel said, “(A)Why has Yahweh [b]defeated us today before the Philistines? (B)Let us take to ourselves from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that [c]it may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.” 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, and from there they carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of hosts (C)who sits above the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
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- 1 Samuel 4:2 Lit smitten
- 1 Samuel 4:3 Lit smitten
- 1 Samuel 4:3 Or he
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