nkjv 1Samuel:4:1-11 SEEK
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ."
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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 .
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And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp ,
all Israel shouted so loudly that the earth shook .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 !"
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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 .
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Also the ark of God was captured ;
and the two sons of Eli ,
Hophni and Phinehas ,
died .