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1 Samuel 4
And
the
word
of
Samuel
came
to
all
Israel.
Now
Israel
went
out
against
the
Philistines
to
battle,
and
pitched
beside
a
Eben-ezer:
and
the
Philistines
pitched
in
b
Aphek.
2 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.
3 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
a
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.
4 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
a
cherubims:
and
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
were
there
with
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
God.
5 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.
6 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.
7 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.
8 Woe
unto
us!
who
shall
deliver
us
out
of
the
hand
of
these
a
mighty
Gods?
these
are
the
Gods
that
smote
the
Egyptians
with
all
the
plagues
in
the
wilderness.
9 Be
strong,
and
a
quit
yourselves
like
b
men,
O
ye
Philistines,
that
ye
be
not
c
servants
unto
the
Hebrews,
as
they
have
been
to
you:
quit
yourselves
like
men,
and
fight.
10 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.
11 And
the
ark
of
God
was
taken;
and
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
were
a
slain.
12 And
there
ran
a
man
of
Benjamin
out
of
the
army,
and
came
to
Shiloh
the
same
day
with
his
clothes
a
rent,
and
with
earth
upon
his
head.
13 And
when
he
came,
lo,
Eli
sat
upon
a
seat
by
the
wayside
watching:
for
his
heart
trembled
for
the
ark
of
God.
And
when
the
man
came
into
the
city,
and
told
it,
all
the
city
cried
out.
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