1Samuel:4:1-11

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* And the word of Samuel came to all Israel . Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines , and encamped beside Ebenezer ; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek . * Then the Philistines put themselves in battle array against Israel . And when they joined battle , Israel was defeated by the Philistines , who killed about four thousand men of the army in the field . * And when the people had come into the camp , the elders of Israel said , "Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines ? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh to us , that when it comes among us it may save us from the hand of our enemies ." * So the people sent to Shiloh , that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts , who dwells between the cherubim . And the two sons of Eli , Hophni and Phinehas , were there with the ark of the covenant of God . * And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp , all Israel shouted so loudly that the earth shook . * Now when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout , they said , "What does the sound of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean ?" Then they understood that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp . * So the Philistines were afraid , for they said , "God has come into the camp !" And they said , "Woe to us ! For such a thing has never happened before . * Woe to us ! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods ? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness . * Be strong and conduct yourselves like men , you Philistines , that you do not become servants of the Hebrews , as they have been to you . Conduct yourselves like men , and fight !" * So the Philistines fought , and Israel was defeated , and every man fled to his tent . There was a very great slaughter , and there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers . * Also the ark of God was captured ; and the two sons of Eli , Hophni and Phinehas , died .

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