1 Samuel 4
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1 Samuel 4:2-3

2Then the PhilistinesH6430 drewH6186 upH6186 inH6186 battleH6186 formationH6186 to meetH7122 IsraelH3478. When the battleH4421 1spreadH5203, IsraelH3478 was 2defeatedH5062 by the PhilistinesH6430, who killedH5221 about fourH702 thousandH505 menH376 on the battlefieldH4634H7704.

3When the peopleH5971 cameH935 into the campH4264, the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478 saidH559, “3WhyH4100 has the LordH3068 defeatedH5062 us todayH3117 beforeH6440 the PhilistinesH6430? 4Let’s takeH3947 the arkH727 of the covenantH1285 of the LordH3068 from ShilohH7887, so that He may comeH935 amongH7130 us and saveH3467 us from the powerH3709 of our enemiesH340.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 4:2 Or was over ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 4:2 Lit struck before ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 4:3 Josh 7:7, 8 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 4:3 Num 10:35; Josh 6:6 ↩

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