1Samuel:4

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ylt @1Samuel:4:1 @And the word of Samuel is to all Israel , and Israel goeth out to meet the Philistines for battle , and they encamp by Eben-Ezer , and the Philistines have encamped in Aphek , ylt @1Samuel:4:2 @and the Philistines set themselves in array to meet Israel , and the battle spreadeth itself , and Israel is smitten before the Philistines , and they smite among the ranks in the field about four thousand men . ylt @1Samuel:4:3 @And the people cometh in unto the camp , and the elders of Israel say , 'Why hath Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines ? we take unto us from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of Jehovah , and it cometh into our midst , and He doth save us out of the hand of our enemies .' ylt @1Samuel:4:4 @And the people sendeth to Shiloh , and they take up thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of Hosts , inhabiting the cherubs , and there [are ] two sons of Eli , with the ark of the covenant of God , Hophni and Phinehas . ylt @1Samuel:4:5 @And it cometh to pass , at the coming in of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto the camp , that all Israel shout -- a great shout -- and the earth is moved . ylt @1Samuel:4:6 @And the Philistines hear the noise of the shouting , and say , 'What [is ] the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews ?' and they perceive that the ark of Jehovah hath come in unto the camp . ylt @1Samuel:4:7 @And the Philistines are afraid , for they said , 'God hath come in unto the camp ;' and they say , 'Wo to us , for there hath not been like this heretofore . ylt @1Samuel:4:8 @Wo to us , who doth deliver us out of the hand of these honourable gods ? these [are ] the gods who are smiting the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness . ylt @1Samuel:4:9 @Strengthen yourselves , and become men , O Philistines , lest ye do service to Hebrews , as they have done to you -- then ye have become men , and have fought .' ylt @1Samuel:4:10 @And the Philistines fight , and Israel is smitten , and they flee each to his tents , and the blow is very great , and there fall of Israel thirty thousand footmen ; ylt @1Samuel:4:11 @and the ark of God hath been taken , and the two sons of Eli have died , Hophni and Phinehas . ylt @1Samuel:4:12 @And a man of Benjamin runneth out of the ranks , and cometh into Shiloh , on that day , and his long robes [are ] rent , and earth on his head ; ylt @1Samuel:4:13 @and he cometh in , and lo , Eli is sitting on the throne by the side of the way , watching , for his heart hath been trembling for the ark of God , and the man hath come in to declare [it ] in the city , and all the city crieth out . ylt @1Samuel:4:14 @And Eli heareth the noise of the cry , and saith , 'What -- the noise of this tumult !' And the man hasted , and cometh in , and declareth to Eli . ylt @1Samuel:4:15 @And Eli is a son of ninety and eight years , and his eyes have stood , and he hath not been able to see . ylt @1Samuel:4:16 @And the man saith unto Eli , 'I [am ] he who hath come out of the ranks , and I out of the ranks have fled to-day ;' and he saith , 'What hath been the matter , my son ?' ylt @1Samuel:4:17 @And he who is bearing tidings answereth and saith , 'Israel hath fled before the Philistines , and also a great slaughter hath been among the people , and also thy two sons have died -- Hophni and Phinehas -- and the ark of God hath been captured .' ylt @1Samuel:4:18 @And it cometh to pass , at his mentioning the ark of God , that he falleth from off the throne backward , by the side of the gate , and his neck is broken , and he dieth , for the man [is ] old and heavy , and he hath judged Israel forty years . ylt @1Samuel:4:19 @And his daughter-in-law , wife of Phinehas , [is ] pregnant , about to bear , and she heareth the report of the taking of the ark of God , that her father-in-law and her husband have died , and she boweth , and beareth , for her pains have turned upon her . ylt @1Samuel:4:20 @And at the time of her death , when the women who are standing by her say , 'Fear not , for a son thou hast borne ,' she hath not answered , nor set her heart [to it ]; ylt @1Samuel:4:21 @and she calleth the youth I-Chabod , saying , 'Honour hath removed from Israel ,' because of the taking of the ark of God , and because of her father-in-law and her husband . ylt @1Samuel:4:22 @And she saith , 'Honour hath removed from Israel , for the ark of God hath been taken .'

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