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1 Samuel 4:3-5
International Standard Version
1 Samuel 4:3-5
International Standard Version
3 When the people came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why did the Lord defeat us today when we fought the Philistines? Let’s take the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord from Shiloh, so it[a] may go with us and deliver us from the power of our enemies.” 4 So the people sent word[b] to Shiloh and took away from there the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, who sits above[c] the cherubim.
Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were there with the Ark of the Covenant of God. 5 When the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel gave a great shout and the earth reverberated!
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- 1 Samuel 4:3 Or he
- 1 Samuel 4:4 The Heb. lacks word
- 1 Samuel 4:4 Lit. sits
1 Samuel 4:3-5
New International Version
1 Samuel 4:3-5
New International Version
3 When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why(A) did the Lord bring defeat on us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark(B) of the Lord’s covenant from Shiloh,(C) so that he may go with us(D) and save us from the hand of our enemies.”
4 So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim.(E) And Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
5 When the ark of the Lord’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout(F) that the ground shook.
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