1 Samuel 4:8-10

New English Translation

⁸ Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all sorts of plagues in the desert! ⁹ Be strong and act like men, you Philistines, or else you will wind up serving the Hebrews the way they have served you! Act like men and fight!”

¹⁰ So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home.^[a] The slaughter was very great; 30,000 foot soldiers from Israel fell in battle.