4:1 And
the
word
of
Samuel
is
to
all
Israel,
and
Israel
goeth
out
to
meet
the
Philistines
for
battle,
and
they
encamp
by
Eben-Ezer,
and
the
Philistines
have
encamped
in
Aphek,
4:2 and
the
Philistines
set
themselves
in
array
to
meet
Israel,
and
the
battle
spreadeth
itself,
and
Israel
is
smitten
before
the
Philistines,
and
they
smite
among
the
ranks
in
the
field
about
four
thousand
men.
4:3 And
the
people
cometh
in
unto
the
camp,
and
the
elders
of
Israel
say,
`Why
hath
Jehovah
smitten
us
to-day
before
the
Philistines
we
take
unto
us
from
Shiloh
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
Jehovah,
and
it
cometh
into
our
midst,
and
He
doth
save
us
out
of
the
hand
of
our
enemies.'
4:4 And
the
people
sendeth
to
Shiloh,
and
they
take
up
thence
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
Jehovah
of
Hosts,
inhabiting
the
cherubs,
and
there
[are]
two
sons
of
Eli,
with
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
God,
Hophni
and
Phinehas.
4:5 And
it
cometh
to
pass,
at
the
coming
in
of
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
Jehovah
unto
the
camp,
that
all
Israel
shout--a
great
shout--and
the
earth
is
moved.
4:6 And
the
Philistines
hear
the
noise
of
the
shouting,
and
say,
`What
[is]
the
noise
of
this
great
shout
in
the
camp
of
the
Hebrews'
and
they
perceive
that
the
ark
of
Jehovah
hath
come
in
unto
the
camp.
4:7 And
the
Philistines
are
afraid,
for
they
said,
`God
hath
come
in
unto
the
camp;'
and
they
say,
`Woe
to
us,
for
there
hath
not
been
like
this
heretofore.
4:8 Woe
to
us,
who
doth
deliver
us
out
of
the
hand
of
these
honourable
gods
these
[are]
the
gods
who
are
smiting
the
Egyptians
with
every
plague
in
the
wilderness.
4:9 Strengthen
yourselves,
and
become
men,
O
Philistines,
lest
ye
do
service
to
Hebrews,
as
they
have
done
to
you--then
ye
have
become
men,
and
have
fought.'
4:10 And
the
Philistines
fight,
and
Israel
is
smitten,
and
they
flee
each
to
his
tents,
and
the
blow
is
very
great,
and
there
fall
of
Israel
thirty
thousand
footmen;
4:11 and
the
ark
of
God
hath
been
taken,
and
the
two
sons
of
Eli
have
died,
Hophni
and
Phinehas.
4:12 And
a
man
of
Benjamin
runneth
out
of
the
ranks,
and
cometh
into
Shiloh,
on
that
day,
and
his
long
robes
[are]
rent,
and
earth
on
his
head;
4:13 and
he
cometh
in,
and
lo,
Eli
is
sitting
on
the
throne
by
the
side
of
the
way,
watching,
for
his
heart
hath
been
trembling
for
the
ark
of
God,
and
the
man
hath
come
in
to
declare
[it]
in
the
city,
and
all
the
city
crieth
out.
4:14 And
Eli
heareth
the
noise
of
the
cry,
and
saith,
`What--the
noise
of
this
tumult!'
And
the
man
hasted,
and
cometh
in,
and
declareth
to
Eli.
4:15 And
Eli
is
a
son
of
ninety
and
eight
years,
and
his
eyes
have
stood,
and
he
hath
not
been
able
to
see.
4:16 And
the
man
saith
unto
Eli,
`I
[am]
he
who
hath
come
out
of
the
ranks,
and
I
out
of
the
ranks
have
fled
to-day;'
and
he
saith,
`What
hath
been
the
matter,
my
son'
4:17 And
he
who
is
bearing
tidings
answereth
and
saith,
`Israel
hath
fled
before
the
Philistines,
and
also
a
great
slaughter
hath
been
among
the
people,
and
also
thy
two
sons
have
died--Hophni
and
Phinehas--and
the
ark
of
God
hath
been
captured.'
4:18 And
it
cometh
to
pass,
at
his
mentioning
the
ark
of
God,
that
he
falleth
from
off
the
throne
backward,
by
the
side
of
the
gate,
and
his
neck
is
broken,
and
he
dieth,
for
the
man
[is]
old
and
heavy,
and
he
hath
judged
Israel
forty
years.
4:19 And
his
daughter-in-law,
wife
of
Phinehas,
[is]
pregnant,
about
to
bear,
and
she
heareth
the
report
of
the
taking
of
the
ark
of
God,
that
her
father-in-law
and
her
husband
have
died,
and
she
boweth,
and
beareth,
for
her
pains
have
turned
upon
her.
4:20 And
at
the
time
of
her
death,
when
the
women
who
are
standing
by
her
say,
`Fear
not,
for
a
son
thou
hast
borne,'
she
hath
not
answered,
nor
set
her
heart
[to
it]
;
4:21 and
she
calleth
the
youth
I-Chabod,
saying,
`Honour
hath
removed
from
Israel,'
because
of
the
taking
of
the
ark
of
God,
and
because
of
her
father-in-law
and
her
husband.
4:22 And
she
saith,
`Honour
hath
removed
from
Israel,
for
the
ark
of
God
hath
been
taken.'
