nasb 1Samuel:4:12-22 SEEK
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1Samuel:4:12 @
Now a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes torn and dust on his head .
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1Samuel:4:13 @
When he came ,
behold ,
Eli was sitting on his seat by the road eagerly watching ,
because his heart was trembling for the ark of God .
So the man came to tell it in the city ,
and all the city cried out .
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1Samuel:4:14 @
When Eli heard the noise of the outcry ,
he said , "
What does the noise of this commotion mean ?"
Then the man came hurriedly and told Eli .
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1Samuel:4:15 @
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old ,
and his eyes were set so that he could not see .
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1Samuel:4:16 @
The man said to Eli , "
I am the one who came from the battle line .
Indeed ,
I escaped from the battle line today ."
And he said , "
How did things go ,
my son ?"
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1Samuel:4:17 @
Then the one who brought the news replied , "
Israel has fled before the Philistines and there has also been a great slaughter among the people ,
and your two sons also ,
Hophni and Phinehas ,
are dead ,
and the ark of God has been taken ."
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1Samuel:4:18 @
When he mentioned the ark of God ,
Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate ,
and his neck was broken and he died ,
for he was old and heavy .
Thus he judged Israel forty years .
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1Samuel:4:19 @
Now his daughter-in-law ,
Phinehas '
s wife ,
was pregnant and about to give birth ;
and when she heard the news that the ark of God was taken and that her father-in-law and her husband had died ,
she kneeled down and gave birth ,
for her pains came upon her .
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1Samuel:4:20 @
And about the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her , "
Do not be afraid ,
for you have given birth to a son ."
But she did not answer or pay attention .
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1Samuel:4:21 @
And she called the boy Ichabod ,
saying , "
The glory has departed from Israel ,"
because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband .
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1Samuel:4:22 @
She said , "
The glory has departed from Israel ,
for the ark of God was taken ."