1 Samuel 4 The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

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1 H1697 The word H8050 of Samuel H3478 came to all Israel. H3478 Now Israel H3318 went out H7125 against H6430 the Philistines H4421 to battle, H2583 and encamped H72 beside Ebenezer: H6430 and the Philistines H2583 encamped H663 in Aphek.

2 H6430 The Philistines H6186 put themselves in array H7125 against H3478 Israel: H5203 and when they joined H4421 battle, H3478 Israel H5062 was struck H6440 before H6430 the Philistines; H5221 and they killed H4634 of the army H7704 in the field H702 about four H505 thousand H376 men.

3 H5971 When the people H935 had come H4264 into the camp, H2205 the elders H3478 of Israel H559 said, H3068 "Why has Yahweh H5062 struck H3117 us today H6440 before H6430 the Philistines? H3947 Let us get H727 the ark H1285 of the covenant H3068 of Yahweh H7887 out of Shiloh H935 to us, that it may come H7130 among H3467 us, and save H3709 us out of the hand H341 of our enemies."

4 H5971 So the people H7971 sent H7887 to Shiloh; H5375 and they brought H727 from there the ark H1285 of the covenant H3068 of Yahweh H6635 of Armies, H3427 who sits H3742 above the cherubim: H8147 and the two H1121 sons H5941 of Eli, H2652 Hophni H6372 and Phinehas, H727 were there with the ark H1285 of the covenant H430 of God.

5 H727 When the ark H1285 of the covenant H3068 of Yahweh H935 came H4264 into the camp, H3478 all Israel H7321 shouted H1419 with a great H8643 shout, H776 so that the earth H1949 rang again.

6 H6430 When the Philistines H8085 heard H6963 the noise H8643 of the shout, H559 they said, H6963 "What does the noise H1419 of this great H8643 shout H4264 in the camp H5680 of the Hebrews H3045 mean?" They understood H727 that the ark H3068 of Yahweh H935 had come H4264 into the camp.

7 H6430 The Philistines H3372 were afraid, H559 for they said, H430 "God H935 has come H4264 into the camp." H559 They said, H188 "Woe H865 to us! For there has not been such a thing before.

8 H188 Woe H5337 to us! Who shall deliver H3027 us out of the hand H117 of these mighty H430 gods? H430 These are the gods H5221 that struck H4714 the Egyptians H4347 with all kinds of plagues H4057 in the wilderness.

9 H2388 Be strong, H1961 and behave H582 like men, H6430 O you Philistines, H5647 that you not be servants H5680 to the Hebrews, H5647 as they have been H1961 to you. Strengthen H582 yourselves like men, H3898 and fight!"

10 H6430 The Philistines H3898 fought, H3478 and Israel H5062 was struck, H5127 and they fled H376 every man H168 to his tent: H3966 and there was a very H1419 great H4347 slaughter; H5307 for there fell H3478 of Israel H7970 thirty H505 thousand H7273 footmen.

11 H727 The ark H430 of God H3947 was taken; H8147 and the two H1121 sons H5941 of Eli, H2652 Hophni H6372 and Phinehas, H4191 were slain.

12 H7323 There ran H376 a man H1144 of Benjamin H4634 out of the army, H935 and came H7887 to Shiloh H3117 the same day, H4055 with his clothes H7167 torn, H127 and with earth H7218 on his head.

13 H935 When he came, H5941 behold, Eli H3427 was sitting H3678 on his seat H3027 by the road H6822 watching; H3820 for his heart H2730 trembled H727 for the ark H430 of God. H376 When the man H935 came H5892 into the city, H5046 and told H5892 it, all the city H2199 cried out.

14 H5941 When Eli H8085 heard H6963 the noise H6818 of the crying, H559 he said, H6963 "What does the noise H6963 of this tumult H376 mean?" The man H4116 hurried, H935 and came H5046 and told H5941 Eli.

15 H5941 Now Eli H8673 was ninety - H8083 eight H8141 years H1121 old; H5869 and his eyes H6965 were set, H3201 so that he could H7200 not see.

16 H376 The man H559 said H5941 to Eli, H935 "I am he who came H4634 out of the army, H5127 and I fled H3117 today H4634 out of the army." H559 He said, H1697 "How did the matter H1121 go, my son?"

17 H1319 He H6030 who brought the news answered, H3478 "Israel H5127 has fled H6440 before H6430 the Philistines, H1419 and there has been also a great H4046 slaughter H5971 among the people. H8147 Your two H1121 sons H2652 also, Hophni H6372 and Phinehas, H4191 are dead, H727 and the ark H430 of God H3947 has been captured."

18 H2142 It happened, when he made mention H727 of the ark H430 of God, H5307 that Eli fell H3678 from off his seat H322 backward H1157 by H3027 the side H8179 of the gate; H4665 and his neck H7665 broke, H4191 and he died; H2204 for he was an old H376 man, H3513 and heavy. H8199 He had judged H3478 Israel H705 forty H8141 years.

19 H3618 His daughter-in-law, H6372 Phinehas' H802 wife, H2030 was with child, H3205 near to be delivered. H8085 When she heard H8052 the news H413 that H727 the ark H430 of God H3947 was taken, H2524 and that her father-in-law H376 and her husband H4191 were dead, H3766 she bowed H3205 herself and gave birth; H6735 for her pains H2015 came on her.

20 H6256 About the time H4191 of her death H5324 the women who stood H1696 by her said H3372 to her, "Don't be afraid; H3205 for you have given birth H1121 to a son." H6030 But she didn't answer, H7896 neither did she regard it.

21 H7121 She named H5288 the child H350 Ichabod, H559 saying, H3519 "The glory H1540 has departed H3478 from Israel;" H413 because H727 the ark H430 of God H3947 was taken, H2524 and because of her father-in-law H376 and her husband.

22 H559 She said, H3519 "The glory H1540 has departed H3478 from Israel; H727 for the ark H430 of God H3947 is taken."