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1 Samuel 4:5-12
New International Version
1 Samuel 4:5-12
New International Version
5 When the ark of the Lord’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout(A) that the ground shook. 6 Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, “What’s all this shouting in the Hebrew(B) camp?”
When they learned that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp, 7 the Philistines were afraid.(C) “A god has[a] come into the camp,” they said. “Oh no! Nothing like this has happened before. 8 We’re doomed! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck(D) the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues(E) in the wilderness. 9 Be strong, Philistines! Be men, or you will be subject to the Hebrews, as they(F) have been to you. Be men, and fight!”
10 So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated(G) and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers. 11 The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.(H)
Death of Eli
12 That same day a Benjamite(I) ran from the battle line and went to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dust(J) on his head.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 4:7 Or “Gods have (see Septuagint)
1 Samuel 4:5-12
King James Version
1 Samuel 4:5-12
King James Version
5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.
7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
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