Verse 3
1 Samuel 4:3
King James Version
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And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּבֹ֣א הָ/עָם֮ אֶל הַֽ/מַּחֲנֶה֒ וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לָ֣/מָּה נְגָפָ֧/נוּ יְהוָ֛ה הַ/יּ֖וֹם לִ/פְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים נִקְחָ֧ה אֵלֵ֣י/נוּ מִ/שִּׁלֹ֗ה אֶת אֲרוֹן֙ בְּרִ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה וְ/יָבֹ֣א בְ/קִרְבֵּ֔/נוּ וְ/יֹשִׁעֵ֖/נוּ מִ/כַּ֥ף אֹיְבֵֽי/נוּ
English Translation
And the people came to the camp, and the elders of Israel said, "Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring to us from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and it will come among us and save us from the hand of our enemies."
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Chapter 4 Context
1
And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, an...
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And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was...
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3
And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smit...
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So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD...
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5
And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great sho...
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6
And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What
meaneth the noise of this gre...
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7
And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God (Elohim) is come into the camp. And they said, W...
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8
Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these
are the Gods that smot...
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9
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews,...
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10
And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there...
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11
And the ark of God (Elohim) was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
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12
And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes re...
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13
And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ar...
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14
And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What
meaneth
the noise of this tumult? And the...
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15
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
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16
And the man said unto Eli, I
am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And...
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17
And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also...
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18
And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God (Elohim), that he fell from off the seat...
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19
And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child,
near
to be delivered: and when she heard t...
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20
And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast b...
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21
And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God...
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22
And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God (Elohim) is taken.
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