4:1 And
the
word
of
Samuel
came
to
all
Israel.
Now
Israel
went
out
to
battle
against
the
Philistines.
They
encamped
at
Ebenezer,
and
the
Philistines
encamped
at
Aphek.
4:2 The
Philistines
drew
up
in
line
against
Israel,
and
when
the
battle
spread,
Israel
was
defeated
by
the
Philistines,
who
killed
about
four
thousand
men
on
the
field
of
battle.
4:3 And
when
the
troops
came
to
the
camp,
the
elders
of
Israel
said,
"Why
has
the
LORD
defeated
us
today
before
the
Philistines
Let
us
bring
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
LORD
here
from
Shiloh,
that
it
may
come
among
us
and
save
us
from
the
power
of
our
enemies."
4:4 So
the
people
sent
to
Shiloh
and
brought
from
there
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
LORD
of
hosts,
who
is
enthroned
on
the
cherubim.
And
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
were
there
with
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
God.
4:5 As
soon
as
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
LORD
came
into
the
camp,
all
Israel
gave
a
mighty
shout,
so
that
the
earth
resounded.
4:6 And
when
the
Philistines
heard
the
noise
of
the
shouting,
they
said,
"What
does
this
great
shouting
in
the
camp
of
the
Hebrews
mean"
And
when
they
learned
that
the
ark
of
the
LORD
had
come
to
the
camp,
4:7 the
Philistines
were
afraid,
for
they
said,
"A
god
has
come
into
the
camp."
And
they
said,
"Woe
to
us!
For
nothing
like
this
has
happened
before.
4:8 Woe
to
us!
Who
can
deliver
us
from
the
power
of
these
mighty
gods
These
are
the
gods
who
struck
the
Egyptians
with
every
sort
of
plague
in
the
wilderness.
4:9 Take
courage,
and
be
men,
O
Philistines,
lest
you
become
slaves
to
the
Hebrews
as
they
have
been
to
you;
be
men
and
fight."
4:10 So
the
Philistines
fought,
and
Israel
was
defeated,
and
they
fled,
every
man
to
his
home.
And
there
was
a
very
great
slaughter,
for
there
fell
of
Israel
thirty
thousand
foot
soldiers.
4:11 And
the
ark
of
God
was
captured,
and
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
died.
4:12 A
man
of
Benjamin
ran
from
the
battle
line
and
came
to
Shiloh
the
same
day,
with
his
clothes
torn
and
with
dirt
on
his
head.
4:13 When
he
arrived,
Eli
was
sitting
on
his
seat
by
the
road
watching,
for
his
heart
trembled
for
the
ark
of
God.
And
when
the
man
came
into
the
city
and
told
the
news,
all
the
city
cried
out.
4:14 When
Eli
heard
the
sound
of
the
outcry,
he
said,
"What
is
this
uproar"
Then
the
man
hurried
and
came
and
told
Eli.
4:15 Now
Eli
was
ninety-eight
years
old
and
his
eyes
were
set
so
that
he
could
not
see.
4:16 And
the
man
said
to
Eli,
"I
am
he
who
has
come
from
the
battle;
I
fled
from
the
battle
today."
And
he
said,
"How
did
it
go,
my
son"
4:17 He
who
brought
the
news
answered
and
said,
"Israel
has
fled
before
the
Philistines,
and
there
has
also
been
a
great
defeat
among
the
people.
Your
two
sons
also,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
are
dead,
and
the
ark
of
God
has
been
captured."
4:18 As
soon
as
he
mentioned
the
ark
of
God,
Eli
fell
over
backward
from
his
seat
by
the
side
of
the
gate,
and
his
neck
was
broken
and
he
died,
for
the
man
was
old
and
heavy.
He
had
judged
Israel
forty
years.
4:19 Now
his
daughter-in-law,
the
wife
of
Phinehas,
was
pregnant,
about
to
give
birth.
And
when
she
heard
the
news
that
the
ark
of
God
was
captured,
and
that
her
father-in-law
and
her
husband
were
dead,
she
bowed
and
gave
birth,
for
her
pains
came
upon
her.
4:20 And
about
the
time
of
her
death
the
women
attending
her
said
to
her,
"Do
not
be
afraid,
for
you
have
borne
a
son."
But
she
did
not
answer
or
pay
attention.
4:21 And
she
named
the
child
Ichabod,
saying,
"The
glory
has
departed
from
Israel!"
because
the
ark
of
God
had
been
captured
and
because
of
her
father-in-law
and
her
husband.
4:22 And
she
said,
"The
glory
has
departed
from
Israel,
for
the
ark
of
God
has
been
captured."
