1 Samuel 4
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1 Samuel 4:5-7

5When the ark of the Lord’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout that the ground shook.

6Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, “What’s all this shouting in the Hebrew camp?” When they learned that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp,

7the Philistines were afraid. “A god has come into the camp,” they said. “Oh no! Nothing like this has happened before.

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