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1
Thus the word
of Samuel
came
to all
Israel.
Now Israel
went
out to meet
the Philistines
in battle
and
camped
beside
Ebenezer
while
the Philistines
camped
in Aphek.
2
The Philistines
drew up in battle
array to meet
Israel
.
When the battle
spread,
Israel
was defeated
before
the Philistines
who killed
about four
thousand
men
on the battlefield.
3
When the people
came
into the camp,
the elders
of Israel
said,
"Why
has the LORD
defeated
us today
before
the Philistines?
Let us take
to ourselves from Shiloh
the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD,
that it may come
among
us and deliver
us from the power
of our enemies."
4
So the people
sent
to Shiloh,
and from there
they carried
the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD
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.
5
As the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD
came
into the camp,
all
Israel
shouted
with a great
shout,
so that the earth
resounded.
6
When the Philistines
heard
the noise
of the
shout
,
they said,
"What
does
the noise
of this
great
shout
in the camp
of the Hebrews
mean?" Then they understood
that the ark
of the LORD
had come
into the camp.
7
The Philistines
were afraid,
for they said,
"God
has come
into the camp."
And they said,
"Woe
to us! For nothing
like this
has happened
before.
8
"Woe
to us! Who
shall deliver
us from the hand
of these
mighty
gods?
These
are the gods
who smote
the Egyptians
with all
kinds of plagues
in the wilderness.
9
"Take courage
and be men,
O Philistines,
or
you will become
slaves
to the Hebrews,
as they have been
slaves
to you; theref
or
e, be men
and fight."
10
So the Philistines
fought
and Israel
was defeated,
and every man
fled
to his tent;
and the slaughter
was very
great,
for there fell
of Israel
thirty
thousand
foot soldiers.
11
And the ark
of God
was taken;
and the two
sons
of Eli,
Hophni
and Phinehas,
died.
12
Now a man
of Benjamin
ran
from the battle line
and came
to Shiloh
the same
day
with his clothes
torn
and dust
on his head.
13
When he
came
,
behold,
Eli
was sitting
on his seat
by the road
eagerly watching,
because
his heart
was trembling
for the ark
of God.
So the man
came
to tell
it in
the city
,
and all
the city
cried
out.
14
When Eli
heard
the noise
of the outcry,
he said,
"What
does
the noise
of this
commotion
mean?" Then the man
came
hurriedly
and told
Eli.
15
Now Eli
was ninety-eight
years
old,
and his eyes
were set
so that he could
not see.
16
The man
said
to Eli,
"I am the one who came
from the battle
line
.
Indeed, I escaped
from the battle
line
today."
And he
said
,
"How
did things
go,
my son?"
17
Then the one who brought the news
replied,
"Israel
has fled
before
the Philistines
and there has also
been
a great
slaughter
among the people,
and your two
sons
also,
Hophni
and Phinehas,
are dead,
and the ark
of God
has
been
taken."
18
When he mentioned
the ark
of God,
Eli fell
off
the seat
backward
beside
the gate,
and his neck
was broken
and he died,
for he was old
and heavy.
Thus he judged
Israel
forty
years.
19
Now his daughter-in-law,
Phinehas's
wife,
was pregnant
and about to give
birth;
and when she heard
the news
that the ark
of God
was taken
and that her father-in-law
and her husband
had died,
she kneeled down
and gave birth,
for her pains
came
upon her.
20
And about the time
of her death
the women who stood
by her said
to her, "Do not be afraid,
for you have given birth
to a son."
But she did not answer
or pay
attention.
21
And she called
the boy
Ichabod,
saying,
"The glory
has departed
from Israel,"
because
the ark
of God
was taken
and
because
of her father-in-law
and her husband.
22
She said,
"The glory
has departed
from Israel,
for the ark
of God
was taken."
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