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Woe to us! Who shall deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness. (A)Be strong and become men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews, (B)as they have been slaves to you; therefore, become men and fight.”

10 So the Philistines fought, and (C)Israel was [a]defeated, and (D)every man fled to his tent; and the slaughter was very great, for there fell of Israel 30,000 foot soldiers.

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  1. 1 Samuel 4:10 Lit smitten