bes - 1Samuel:4:1-11

bes@1Samuel:4:1 @ And it came to pass in those days that the Philistines (note:)Gr. gather(:note) gathered themselves together against Israel to war; and Israel went out to meet them and encamped at Abenezer, and the Philistines encamped in Aphec.

bes@1Samuel:4:2 @ And the Philistines prepare to fight with Israel, and (note:)Gr. the war(:note) the battle was turned against them; and the men of Israel fell before the Philistines, and there were smitten in the battle in the field four thousand men.

bes@1Samuel:4:3 @ And the people came to the camp, and the elders of Israel said, Why has the Lord caused us to fall this day before the Philistines? let us take the ark of our God out of Selom, and let it proceed from the midst of us, and it shall save us from the hand of our enemies.

bes@1Samuel:4:4 @ And the people sent to Selom, and they take thence the ark of the Lord who dwells between the cherubs: and both the sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were with the ark.

bes@1Samuel:4:5 @ And it came to pass when the ark of the Lord entered into the camp, that all Israel cried out with a loud voice, and the earth resounded.

bes@1Samuel:4:6 @ And the Philistines heard the cry, and the Philistines said, What is this great cry in the camp of the Hebrews: and they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.

bes@1Samuel:4:7 @ And the Philistines feared, and said, These are the Gods that are come to them into the camp.

bes@1Samuel:4:8 @ Woe to us, O Lord, deliver us to-day for such a thing has not happened aforetime: woe to us, who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote Egypt with every plague, and in the wilderness.

bes@1Samuel:4:9 @ Strengthen yourselves and behave yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye may not serve the Hebrews as they have served us, but be ye men and fight with them.

bes@1Samuel:4:10 @ And they fought with them; and (note:)Gr. the man(:note) the men of Israel fall, and they fled every man to his ten; and there was a very great slaughter; and there fell of Israel thirty thousand Gr. ranks fighting men.

bes@1Samuel:4:11 @ And the ark of God was taken, and both the sons of Heli, Ophni, and Phinees, died.