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 <div class="label">4</div><div class="nb"> 1And Samuel&#8217;s words came to all Israel.</div><div class="s1">The Ark Captured by the Philistines</div><div class="m">Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and&#160; # 4:1 LXX reads In those days the Philistines gathered together to fight against Israel, and Israel went out to engage them in battle. They camped at Ebenezer&#160; # 4:1 1Sm 7:12 while the Philistines camped at Aphek.&#160; # 4:1 Jos 12:18; 1Sm 29:1 2The Philistines lined up in battle formation against Israel, and as the battle intensified, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.</div><div class="p"> 3When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, &#8220;Why did the Lord defeat us today before the Philistines?&#160; # 4:3 Jos 7:7&#8211;8 Let&#8217;s bring the ark of the Lord&#8217;s covenant from Shiloh. Then it&#160; # 4:3 Or he will go with us and save us from our enemies.&#8221;&#160; # 4:3 Nm 10:35; Jos 6:6 4So the people sent men to Shiloh to bring back the ark of the covenant of the Lord of Armies, who is enthroned between the cherubim.&#160; # 4:4 Ex 25:22; Nm 7:89 Eli&#8217;s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 5When the ark of the covenant of the Lord entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a loud shout that the ground shook.&#160; # 4:5 Jos 6:5,20</div><div class="p"> 6The Philistines heard the sound of the war cry and asked, &#8220;What&#8217;s this loud shout in the Hebrews&#8217; camp?&#160;&#8221; When the Philistines discovered that the ark of the Lord had entered the camp, 7they panicked. &#8220;A god has entered their camp!&#160;&#8221; they said. &#8220;Woe to us! Nothing like this has happened before. 8Woe to us! Who will rescue us from these magnificent gods? These are the gods that slaughtered the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness. 9Show some courage and be men, Philistines!&#160; # 4:9 1Co 16:13 Otherwise, you&#8217;ll serve the Hebrews just as they served you.&#160; # 4:9 Jdg 13:1; 1Sm 14:21 Now be men and fight!&#160;&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 10So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated,&#160; # 4:10 Dt 28:15,25; 1Sm 4:2 and each man fled to his tent.&#160; # 4:10 2Sm 18:17; 2Kg 14:12 The slaughter was severe&#160;#&#8212;&#160;#thirty thousand of the Israelite foot soldiers fell. 11The ark of God was captured, and Eli&#8217;s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.&#160; # 4:11 1Sm 2:34; Ps 78:56&#8211;64</div><div class="s1">Eli&#8217;s Death and Ichabod&#8217;s Birth</div><div class="m"> 12That same day, a Benjaminite man ran&#160; # 4:12 Jos 7:22; 1Sm 8:11 from the battle and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn,&#160; # 4:12 Jos 7:6; 2Sm 1:2; 15:32; Neh 9:1 and there was dirt on his head. 13When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair beside the road waiting,&#160; # 4:13 1Sm 1:9; 4:18 because he was anxious about the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the entire city cried out.</div><div class="p"> 14Eli heard the outcry and asked, &#8220;Why this commotion?&#160;&#8221; The man quickly came and reported to Eli. 15At that time Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes didn&#8217;t move&#160; # 4:15 Lit his eyes stood; 1Kg 14:4 because he couldn&#8217;t see.&#160; # 4:15 1Kg 14:4</div><div class="p"> 16The man said to Eli, &#8220;I&#8217;m the one who came from the battle.&#160; # 4:16 LXX reads camp I fled from there today.&#8221;</div><div class="p">&#8220;What happened, my son?&#160;&#8221;&#160; # 4:16 2Sm 1:4 Eli asked.</div><div class="p"> 17The messenger answered, &#8220;Israel has fled from the Philistines, and also there was a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.&#8221; 18When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off the chair by the city gate,&#160; # 4:18 1Sm 4:13 and since he was old and heavy, his neck broke and he died. Eli had judged Israel forty years.</div><div class="p"> 19Eli&#8217;s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news about the capture of God&#8217;s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth because her labor pains came on her. 20As she was dying,&#160; # 4:20 LXX reads And in her time of delivery, she was about to die the women taking care of her said, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid. You&#8217;ve given birth to a son!&#160;&#8221;&#160; # 4:20 Gn 35:16&#8211;19 But she did not respond or pay attention. 21She named the boy Ichabod,&#160; # 4:21 = Where Is Glory? saying, &#8220;The glory has departed from Israel,&#8221;&#160; # 4:21 Ps 26:8; Jr 2:11 referring to the capture of the ark of God&#160; # 4:21 1Sm 4:11 and to the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband. 22&#8220;The glory has departed from Israel,&#8221; she said, &#8220;because the ark of God has been captured.&#8221;</div>
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And Samuel’s words came to all Israel.

Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and  camped at Ebenezer  while the Philistines camped at Aphek.  The Philistines lined up in battle formation against Israel, and as the battle intensified, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.
When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the LORD defeat us today before the Philistines?  Let’s bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant from Shiloh. Then it  will go with us and save us from our enemies.”  So the people sent men to Shiloh to bring back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Armies, who is enthroned between the cherubim.  Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a loud shout that the ground shook. 
The Philistines heard the sound of the war cry and asked, “What’s this loud shout in the Hebrews’ camp? ” When the Philistines discovered that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp, they panicked. “A god has entered their camp! ” they said. “Woe to us! Nothing like this has happened before. Woe to us! Who will rescue us from these magnificent gods? These are the gods that slaughtered the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness. Show some courage and be men, Philistines!  Otherwise, you’ll serve the Hebrews just as they served you.  Now be men and fight! ”
So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated,  and each man fled to his tent.  The slaughter was severe #— #thirty thousand of the Israelite foot soldiers fell. The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died. 

That same day, a Benjaminite man ran  from the battle and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn,  and there was dirt on his head. When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair beside the road waiting,  because he was anxious about the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the entire city cried out.
Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion? ” The man quickly came and reported to Eli. At that time Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes didn’t move  because he couldn’t see. 
The man said to Eli, “I’m the one who came from the battle.  I fled from there today.”
“What happened, my son? ”  Eli asked.
The messenger answered, “Israel has fled from the Philistines, and also there was a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.” When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off the chair by the city gate,  and since he was old and heavy, his neck broke and he died. Eli had judged Israel forty years.
Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news about the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth because her labor pains came on her. As she was dying,  the women taking care of her said, “Don’t be afraid. You’ve given birth to a son! ”  But she did not respond or pay attention. She named the boy Ichabod,  saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,”  referring to the capture of the ark of God  and to the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband. “The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “because the ark of God has been captured.”

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