Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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 .
And
the word of Samuel is
to all Israel ,
and
Israel
goeth
out to meet the Philistines for
battle ,
and they
encamp
by
Eben-Ezer
, and
the Philistines have
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
.
and
the Philistines set
themselves in
array
to
meet
Israel, and the battle spreadeth
itself
, and
Israel is
smitten
before
the Philistines, and
they
smite
among
the
ranks
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. ”
And
the people
cometh
in
unto
the camp, and
the elders of Israel say
, `
Why hath
Jehovah
smitten
us to-day
before the Philistines? we
take
unto
us from
Shiloh
the ark of the covenant of Jehovah
, and
it cometh
into
our
midst,
and
He
doth
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.
And
the people sendeth
to Shiloh, and they take
up
thence
the ark of the covenant of Jehovah
of Hosts, inhabiting
the cherubs,
and there
`are'
two sons of Eli, with the ark of the covenant of God ,
Hophni
and
Phinehas
.
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
.
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
at
the coming
in
of
the
ark of the covenant of Jehovah
unto
the camp, that
all Israel
shout
--
a great shout --
and
the earth
is
moved
.
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 ,
And
the Philistines
hear
the
noise of the shouting
, and
say
, `
What `
is '
the
noise
of
this great
shout
in the camp of the Hebrews? '
and they perceive
that the ark of Jehovah
hath
come
in
unto
the camp .
the Philistines were
afraid .
“
The gods
have
entered
their
camp !”
they said.
“Woe
to us, for nothing
like this has
happened
before
.
And
the Philistines are
afraid ,
for
they
said,
`God
hath
come
in
unto
the camp ;'
and
they say,
`Wo
to us, for there
hath
not
been
like this 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.
Wo
to us ,
who doth
deliver us out
of
the hand of these honourable
gods? these `
are '
the gods who are
smiting
the Egyptians with every
plague
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!”
Strengthen
yourselves,
and become
men, O Philistines, lest
ye
do
service
to
Hebrews ,
as they have
done
to
you --
then
ye
have
become
men ,
and have
fought.'
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.
And
the Philistines fight
, and Israel is
smitten
, and they
flee
each to his tents,
and
the blow
is
very great ,
and
there
fall
of Israel thirty
thousand
footmen;
The ark of God was
captured
, and Eli’s
two sons, Hophni and Phinehas ,
died
.
and
the ark of God hath
been
taken
, and the
two sons of
Eli
have
died
, Hophni and Phinehas.
That
same
day
a Benjamite
ran
from
the
battle
line
all
the way
to
Shiloh, with
his clothes
torn
and dirt
on his head .
And
a man
of
Benjamin
runneth
out
of
the ranks,
and
cometh
into
Shiloh, on
that
day,
and
his long
robes
`are'
rent,
and 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.
and
he cometh
in
, and
lo
, Eli
is
sitting on the throne
by
the
side
of
the
way,
watching, for
his heart hath
been
trembling
for the ark of God ,
and
the man hath
come
in
to
declare
`it'
in
the city, and
all
the city crieth
out.
Eli heard
the outcry
and asked
, “Why
this commotion?”
So
the man hurried
over
and reported
to Eli.
And
Eli heareth
the noise
of
the
cry,
and saith
, `What
--
the
noise
of
this tumult!'
And
the man hasted,
and cometh
in,
and
declareth
to Eli.
Now
Eli was
ninety -
eight years old
, and his gaze
was
fixed
because
he could
not see.
And
Eli is
a
son
of
ninety and
eight years, and his eyes
have
stood,
and
he hath
not been
able
to
see.
“
I have
just
come from
the battle
, ”
the
man
said
to
Eli.
“
I fled from
there
today.”
“
What happened
, my son? ”
Eli
asked.
And
the
man
saith
unto
Eli,
`
I `am'
he
who
hath
come out
of
the ranks
, and
I out
of
the
ranks
have
fled to-day;'
and
he
saith,
`
What hath
been
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. ”
And
he
who
is
bearing
tidings
answereth
and
saith
, `
Israel hath
fled before the Philistines, and also
a great slaughter hath
been
among the people ,
and
also
thy
two sons have
died
--
Hophni and Phinehas --
and the ark of God hath
been captured. '
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.
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
at
his
mentioning
the ark of God, that
he
falleth
from off
the
throne
backward,
by the side
of
the
gate, and his
neck
is
broken,
and
he
dieth,
for
the
man
`is'
old and heavy, and he
hath
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.
And
his
daughter-in-law, wife of Phinehas, `is'
pregnant ,
about to bear,
and
she heareth
the report
of the taking
of the ark
of God,
that
her father-in-law and her husband have
died
, and
she boweth,
and beareth
, for her pains have
turned
upon
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.
And
at
the
time
of
her
death
, when
the women who
are
standing
by
her say
, `Fear
not, for a son thou
hast
borne,'
she hath
not answered,
nor
set
her
heart
`to
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
.
and she calleth
the youth
I-Chabod
, saying, `Honour
hath
removed
from Israel, '
because of
the taking
of
the
ark of God ,
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
. ”
And
she
saith,
`Honour
hath
removed
from Israel, for the ark of God hath
been taken
. '
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