1 And the word of Samuel came to all1 Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines, and encamped beside aEbenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.
The Ark of God Captured
2 Then the aPhilistines put themselves in battle array against Israel. And when they joined battle, Israel was1 defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.
3 And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? aLet us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us it may save us from the hand of our enemies.”
4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, awho dwells between bthe cherubim. And the ctwo sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted so loudly that the earth shook.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for 1 Samuel 4:1.
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