Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Thus
the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the
Israelites
went out to
meet
the Philistines in
battle and camped
at
Ebenezer ,
while
the Philistines camped
at
Aphek.
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.
The Philistines arrayed
themselves against Israel ,
and as
the
battle spread
, Israel was defeated
by
the Philistines ,
who
struck
down
about four thousand men on
the
battlefield
.
The Philistines put
themselves in
array
against Israel :
and when
they
joined
battle, Israel was struck
before
the Philistines ;
and
they
killed
of
the
army
in
the
field
about four thousand men.
When the troops
returned
to
the camp, the elders of Israel asked
, “
Why has the
LORD
brought
defeat
on
us before the Philistines today
? Let us bring
the ark of the covenant of the
LORD
from
Shiloh, so
that it may go
with
us to
save us from
the hand of our enemies. ”
When the people
were
come
into
the camp, the elders of Israel said
, Why has Yahweh
struck
us today
before the Philistines? Let us get
the ark of the covenant of Yahweh
out
of
Shiloh to
us
, that it may come
among
us ,
and
save us out
of
the hand of our enemies.
So the people sent men
to Shiloh ,
and they brought back
the ark of the covenant of the
LORD
of Hosts, who sits enthroned
between
the cherubim .
And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
So the people sent to Shiloh ;
and they brought from
there
the ark of the covenant of Yahweh
of Hosts, who sits [above]
the cherubim :
and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
When the ark of the covenant of the
LORD
entered
the camp, all the
Israelites
raised
such
a great shout that it
shook
the ground
.
When the ark of the covenant of Yahweh
came
into
the camp, all Israel
shouted
with
a great shout ,
so
that the earth
rang
again
.
On
hearing
the noise of the shout, the
Philistines
asked
, “
What is
this loud
shouting
in the camp of the Hebrews? ”
And
when
they realized
that the ark of the
LORD
had
entered
the camp ,
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? They understood
that the ark of Yahweh
was
come
into
the camp .
the Philistines were afraid .
“
The gods
have
entered
their
camp !”
they said .
“
Woe to us ,
for nothing
like
this
has happened
before
.
The Philistines were afraid ,
for
they
said,
God
is
come
into
the camp .
They said ,
Woe to us !
for there
has not
been
such
a
thing
heretofore
.
Woe to us! Who will
deliver us from
the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who
struck the Egyptians with all kinds
of plagues in the wilderness.
Woe to us! who shall
deliver us out
of
the hand of these mighty gods? these are the gods that
struck the Egyptians with all manner
of plagues in the wilderness.
Take
courage
and
be men, O Philistines !
Otherwise
, you will
serve
the Hebrews just
as they served
you .
Now
be
men and fight !”
Be strong,
and
behave
yourselves
like
men, O you
Philistines, that
you not
be
servants
to
the Hebrews ,
as they have
been
to
you :
quit
yourselves
like
men ,
and fight .
So
the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated
, and each
man
fled to his tent .
The
slaughter
was very great —thirty
thousand
foot
soldiers
of Israel fell
.
The Philistines fought, and Israel was struck
, and they
fled every
man
to his tent :
and
there
was a
very great slaughter;
for
there
fell
of Israel thirty
thousand
footmen
.
The ark of God was captured,
and Eli’s
two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died
.
The ark of God was taken;
and the
two sons of
Eli
, Hophni and Phinehas, were
slain
.
That
same
day
a
Benjamite
ran from
the
battle
line
all
the way
to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt
on his head.
There
ran a
man
of
Benjamin
out
of
the army,
and
came
to Shiloh the
same
day
, with his clothes torn ,
and with
earth
on his head.
When he arrived
, there
was
Eli
, sitting on his chair
beside
the road and
watching ,
because
his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered
the city to
give
a
report
, the whole
city cried out.
When he came
, behold
, Eli
was
sitting on his seat
by
the road watching ;
for
his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man came
into
the city, and
told
it,
all
the city cried out.
Eli heard the outcry
and
asked
, “Why
this commotion
? ”
So
the man hurried over
and reported
to
Eli.
When
Eli heard the noise
of
the
crying
, he
said,
What
means
the
noise
of
this tumult
? The man hurried ,
and came
and
told
Eli.
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old ,
and his gaze
was
fixed
because
he could not see.
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old ;
and his eyes
were
set,
so
that
he could not see.
“I
have
just
come
from
the battle,”
the
man said to Eli .
“
I fled from
there
today. ”
“What
happened
, my son? ”
Eli
asked.
The man said to Eli ,
I am
he
who
came
out
of
the
army,
and
I
fled today out
of
the
army
. He
said
, How
went
the
matter,
my son?
The messenger
answered, “
Israel has
fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people .
Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both
dead, and the ark of God has
been
captured
. ”
He
who
brought
the news
answered, 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 God is
taken
.
As
soon
as
the ark of God was
mentioned
, Eli fell backward
from his chair
by the city
gate ,
and
being
old
and heavy,
he
broke
his neck and died .
And Eli
had judged Israel forty years.
It
happened,
when
he
made
mention
of
the ark of God, that
[
Eli ]
fell from off
his seat
backward
by the side
of
the
gate ;
and his neck broke,
and he
died :
for
he
was
an
old
man,
and heavy.
He
had judged Israel forty years.
Now
Eli’s
daughter-in-law, the
wife
of
Phinehas, was pregnant
and
about
to give
birth.
When she heard the news of
the capture
of
God’s
ark and
the
deaths
of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed
and gave
birth,
for her labor
pains overtook
her.
His
daughter-in-law, Phinehas '
wife
, was with
child,
near
to be
delivered:
and
when she heard the news that
the ark of God
was
taken,
and
that
her father-in-law and her husband were
dead
, she bowed
herself
and brought
forth;
for her pains came
on
her.
As
she
was
dying,
the women attending
to
her said, “Do
not
be afraid ,
for you have given
birth
to
a son !”
But she did not
respond
or
pay
any
heed
.
About
the time
of
her
death
the
women who
stood
by
her said to
her
, Don't
be afraid ;
for you have brought
forth
a son .
But she didn't
answer,
neither
did she
regard
it
.
And
she named the boy
Ichabod, saying, “
The glory has
departed from Israel ,”
because the ark of God had
been
captured
and her father-in-law and her husband had
been
killed
.
She named the child
Ichabod, saying, The glory is
departed from Israel ;
because the ark of God was
taken,
and because
of
her father-in-law and her husband.
“
The glory has
departed from Israel ,”
she
said,
“
for the ark of God has
been
captured
. ”
She
said,
The glory is
departed from Israel ;
for the ark of God is
taken
.
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