1 Samuel 4:2-4

Christian Standard Bible

² The Philistines lined up in battle formation against Israel, and as the battle intensified, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.

³ When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the Lord defeat us today before the Philistines?^(A) Let’s bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant from Shiloh. Then it^[a] will go with us and save us from our enemies.”^{(B) 4} So the people sent men to Shiloh to bring back the ark of the covenant of the Lord of Armies, who is enthroned between the cherubim.^(C) Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.