4:1 And
the
word
of
Samuel
came
to
all
Israel.
Now
Israel
went
out
against
the
Philistines
to
battle,
and
encamped
beside
Ebenezer:
and
the
Philistines
encamped
in
Aphek.
4:2 And
the
Philistines
put
themselves
in
array
against
Israel:
and
when
they
joined
battle,
Israel
was
smitten
before
the
Philistines;
and
they
slew
of
the
army
in
the
field
about
four
thousand
men.
4:3 And
when
the
people
were
come
into
the
camp,
the
elders
of
Israel
said,
Wherefore
hath
Jehovah
smitten
us
to-day
before
the
Philistines
Let
us
fetch
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
Jehovah
out
of
Shiloh
unto
us,
that
it
may
come
among
us,
and
save
us
out
of
the
hand
of
our
enemies.
4:4 So
the
people
sent
to
Shiloh;
and
they
brought
from
thence
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
Jehovah
of
hosts,
who
sitteth
[above]
the
cherubim:
and
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
were
there
with
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
God.
4:5 And
when
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
Jehovah
came
into
the
camp,
all
Israel
shouted
with
a
great
shout,
so
that
the
earth
rang
again.
4:6 And
when
the
Philistines
heard
the
noise
of
the
shout,
they
said,
What
meaneth
the
noise
of
this
great
shout
in
the
camp
of
the
Hebrews
And
they
understood
that
the
ark
of
Jehovah
was
come
into
the
camp.
4:7 And
the
Philistines
were
afraid,
for
they
said,
God
is
come
into
the
camp.
And
they
said,
Woe
unto
us!
for
there
hath
not
been
such
a
thing
heretofore.
4:8 Woe
unto
us!
who
shall
deliver
us
out
of
the
hand
of
these
mighty
gods
these
are
the
gods
that
smote
the
Egyptians
with
all
manner
of
plagues
in
the
wilderness.
4:9 Be
strong,
and
quit
yourselves
like
men,
O
ye
Philistines,
that
ye
be
not
servants
unto
the
Hebrews,
as
they
have
been
to
you:
quit
yourselves
like
men,
and
fight.
4:10 And
the
Philistines
fought,
and
Israel
was
smitten,
and
they
fled
every
man
to
his
tent:
and
there
was
a
very
great
slaughter;
for
there
fell
of
Israel
thirty
thousand
footmen.
4:11 And
the
ark
of
God
was
taken;
and
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
were
slain.
4:12 And
there
ran
a
man
of
Benjamin
out
of
the
army,
and
came
to
Shiloh
the
same
day,
with
his
clothes
rent,
and
with
earth
upon
his
head.
4:13 And
when
he
came,
lo,
Eli
was
sitting
upon
his
seat
by
the
wayside
watching;
for
his
heart
trembled
for
the
ark
of
God.
And
when
the
man
came
into
the
city,
and
told
it,
all
the
city
cried
out.
4:14 And
when
Eli
heard
the
noise
of
the
crying,
he
said,
What
meaneth
the
noise
of
this
tumult
And
the
man
hasted,
and
came
and
told
Eli.
4:15 Now
Eli
was
ninety
and
eight
years
old;
and
his
eyes
were
set,
so
that
he
could
not
see.
4:16 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
he
said,
How
went
the
matter,
my
son
4:17 And
he
that
brought
the
tidings
answered
and
said,
Israel
is
fled
before
the
Philistines,
and
there
hath
been
also
a
great
slaughter
among
the
people,
and
thy
two
sons
also,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
are
dead,
and
the
ark
of
God
is
taken.
4:18 And
it
came
to
pass,
when
he
made
mention
of
the
ark
of
God,
that
[Eli]
feel
from
off
his
seat
backward
by
the
side
of
the
gate;
and
his
neck
brake,
and
he
died:
for
he
was
an
old
man,
and
heavy.
And
he
had
judged
Israel
forty
years.
4:19 And
his
daughter-in-law,
Phinehas'
wife,
was
with
child,
near
to
be
delivered:
and
when
she
heard
the
tidings
that
the
ark
of
God
was
taken,
and
that
her
father-in-law
and
her
husband
were
dead,
she
bowed
herself
and
brought
forth;
for
her
pains
came
upon
her.
4:20 And
about
the
time
of
her
death
the
women
that
stood
by
her
said
unto
her,
Fear
not;
for
thou
hast
brought
forth
a
son.
But
she
answered
not,
neither
did
she
regard
it.
4:21 And
she
named
the
child
Ichabod,
saying,
The
glory
is
departed
from
Israel;
because
the
ark
of
God
was
taken,
and
because
of
her
father-in-law
and
her
husband.
4:22 And
she
said,
The
glory
is
departed
from
Israel;
for
the
ark
of
God
is
taken.
