1 Samuel 4
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1 Samuel 4:1-3

1Thus the wordH1697 of SamuelH8050 cameH1961 to allH3605 IsraelH3478. Now IsraelH3478 wentH3318 out to meetH7122 the PhilistinesH6430 in battleH4421 and campedH2583 besideH5921 1EbenezerH72 while the PhilistinesH6430 campedH2583 in 2AphekH663.

2The PhilistinesH6430 drewH6186 up in battleH6186 array to meetH7122 IsraelH3478. When the battleH4421 spreadH5203, IsraelH3478 was 3defeatedH5062 beforeH6440 the PhilistinesH6430 who killedH5221 about fourH702 thousandH505 menH376 on the battlefieldH4634H7704.

3When the peopleH5971 cameH935 into the campH4264, the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478 saidH559, “4WhyH4100 has the LordH3068 defeatedH5062 us todayH3117 beforeH6440 the PhilistinesH6430? 5Let us takeH3947 to ourselves from ShilohH7887 the arkH727 of the covenantH1285 of the LordH3068, that 6it may comeH935 amongH7130 us and deliverH3467 us from the powerH3709 of our enemiesH340.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 4:1 1 Sam 7:12 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 4:1 Josh 12:18; 1 Sam 29:1 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 4:2 Lit smitten ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 4:3 Josh 7:7, 8 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Samuel 4:3 Num 10:35; Josh 6:6 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Samuel 4:3 Or he ↩

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