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I
Samuel
Chapter
4
1
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.
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, Why has Jehovah/God smitten us today
before
the Philistines?
Let
us fetch the ark of the covenant of Jehovah/God
out
of Shiloh unto us, that,
when
it comes 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 there
the
ark of the covenant of Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts,
which
between the cherubim
and
the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas,
were
there with the ark of the covenant of 'Elohiym/Godhead.
5
And when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah/God
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
means the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews?
And
they understood that the ark of Jehovah/God
had
come into the camp.
7
And the Philistines were afraid, for they said,
'Elohiym/Godhead
is come into the camp.
And
they said, Woe unto us!
For
there has not been such a thing heretofore.
8
Woe unto us!
Who
shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty 'elohiym/gods?
These
are the 'Elohiym/Gods
Who
smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
9
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men,
O
you Philistines,
that
you be not 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 home/tent
and
there was a very great slaughter;
for
there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
11
And the ark of 'Elohiym/Godhead was taken;
and
the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
12
And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army,
and
came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes 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 'Elohiym/Godhead.
And
when the man came into the city,
and
told it, all the city cried out.
14
And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said,
What
means the noise of this tumult?
And
the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
15
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old;
and
his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
16
And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army,
and
I fled today out of the army.
And
he said, What is there done, my son?
17
And the messenger answered and said,
Israel
is fled before the Philistines,
and
there has been also a great slaughter among the people,
and
your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead,
and
the ark of 'Elohiym/Godhead is taken.
18
And it came to pass,
when
he made mention of the ark of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
that
he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate,
and
his neck broke, and he died
for
he was an old man, and heavy.
And
he had judged/ruled Israel forty years.
19
And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child,
near
to be delivered
and
when she heard the tidings
that
the ark of 'Elohiym/Godhead was taken,
and
that her father in law and her husband were dead,
she
bowed herself and travailed;
for
her pains came upon her.
20
And about the time of her death
the
women that stood by her said unto her,
Fear
not; for you have borne a son.
But
she answered not, neither did she regard it.
21
And she named the child Ichabod, saying,
The
glory is departed from Israel
because
the ark of 'Elohiym/Godhead was taken,
and
because of her father in law and her husband.
22
And she said, The glory is departed from Israel
for
the ark of 'Elohiym/Godhead is taken.
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