kjv 1Samuel:4:1-11 SEEK
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And the word of Samuel came to all Israel .
Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle ,
and pitched beside Ebenezer :
and the Philistines pitched in Aphek .
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And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel :
and when they joined battle ,
Israel was smitten before the Philistines :
and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men .
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And when the people were come into the camp ,
the elders of Israel said ,
Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines ?
Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us ,
that ,
when it cometh among us ,
it may save us out of the hand of our enemies .
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So the people sent to Shiloh ,
that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts ,
which dwelleth between the cherubims :
and the two sons of Eli ,
Hophni and Phinehas ,
were there with the ark of the covenant of God .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And the ark of God was taken ;
and the two sons of Eli ,
Hophni and Phinehas ,
were slain .