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And the word[H1697] of Samuel[H8050] came to all Israel[H3478]. Now Israel[H3478] went out[H3318]against[H7125] the Philistines[H6430] to battle[H4421], and pitched[H2583] beside Ebenezer[H72]: and the Philistines[H6430]pitched[H2583] in Aphek[H663].
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And the Philistines[H6430] put themselves in array[H6186]against[H7125]Israel[H3478]: and when they joined[H5203]battle[H4421], Israel[H3478] was smitten[H5062]before[H6440] the Philistines[H6430]: and they slew[H5221] of the army[H4634] in the field[H7704] about four[H702]thousand[H505]men[H376].
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And when the people[H5971] were come[H935] into the camp[H4264], the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478]said[H559], Wherefore hath the LORD[H3068]smitten[H5062] us to day[H3117]before[H6440] the Philistines?[H6430] Let us fetch[H3947] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068] out of Shiloh[H7887] unto us, that, when it cometh[H935]among[H7130] us, it may save[H3467] us out of the hand[H3709] of our enemies[H341].
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So the people[H5971]sent[H7971] to Shiloh[H7887], that they might bring[H5375] from thence the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], which dwelleth[H3427] between the cherubims[H3742]: and the two[H8147]sons[H1121] of Eli[H5941], Hophni[H2652] and Phinehas[H6372], were there with the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of God[H430].
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And when the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068]came[H935] into the camp[H4264], all Israel[H3478]shouted[H7321] with a great[H1419]shout[H8643], so that the earth[H776] rang again[H1949].
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And when the Philistines[H6430]heard[H8085] the noise[H6963] of the shout[H8643], they said[H559], What meaneth the noise[H6963] of this great[H1419]shout[H8643] in the camp[H4264] of the Hebrews?[H5680] And they understood[H3045] that the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068] was come[H935] into the camp[H4264].
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And the Philistines[H6430] were afraid[H3372], for they said[H559], God[H430] is come[H935] into the camp[H4264]. And they said[H559], Woe[H188] unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore[H865].
8Woe[H188] unto us! who shall deliver[H5337] us out of the hand[H3027] of these mighty[H117]Gods?[H430] these are the Gods[H430] that smote[H5221] the Egyptians[H4714] with all the plagues[H4347] in the wilderness[H4057].
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Be strong[H2388], and quit[H1961] yourselves like men[H582], O ye Philistines[H6430], that ye be not servants[H5647] unto the Hebrews[H5680], as they have been[H5647] to you: quit[H1961] yourselves like men[H582], and fight[H3898].
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And the Philistines[H6430]fought[H3898], and Israel[H3478] was smitten[H5062], and they fled[H5127] every man[H376] into his tent[H168]: and there was a very[H3966]great[H1419]slaughter[H4347]; for there fell[H5307] of Israel[H3478]thirty[H7970]thousand[H505]footmen[H7273].
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And the ark[H727] of God[H430] was taken[H3947]; and the two[H8147]sons[H1121] of Eli[H5941], Hophni[H2652] and Phinehas[H6372], were slain[H4191].
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And there ran[H7323] a man[H376] of Benjamin[H1144] out of the army[H4634], and came[H935] to Shiloh[H7887] the same day[H3117] with his clothes[H4055]rent[H7167], and with earth[H127] upon his head[H7218].
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And when he came[H935], lo, Eli[H5941]sat[H3427] upon a seat[H3678] by the wayside[H1870]watching[H6822]: for his heart[H3820]trembled[H2730] for the ark[H727] of God[H430]. And when the man[H376]came[H935] into the city[H5892], and told[H5046] it, all the city[H5892] cried out[H2199].
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And when Eli[H5941]heard[H8085] the noise[H6963] of the crying[H6818], he said[H559], What meaneth the noise[H6963] of this tumult?[H1995] And the man[H376]came[H935] in hastily[H4116], and told[H5046]Eli[H5941].
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Now Eli[H5941] was ninety[H8673] and eight[H8083]years[H8141]old[H1121]; and his eyes[H5869] were dim[H6965], that he could[H3201] not see[H7200].
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And the man[H376]said[H559] unto Eli[H5941], I am he that came[H935] out of the army[H4634], and I fled[H5127] to day[H3117] out of the army[H4634]. And he said[H559], What is there done[H1697], my son?[H1121]
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And the messenger[H1319]answered[H6030] and said[H559], Israel[H3478] is fled[H5127]before[H6440] the Philistines[H6430], and there hath been also a great[H1419]slaughter[H4046] among the people[H5971], and thy two[H8147]sons[H1121] also, Hophni[H2652] and Phinehas[H6372], are dead[H4191], and the ark[H727] of God[H430] is taken[H3947].
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And it came to pass, when he made mention[H2142] of the ark[H727] of God[H430], that he fell[H5307] from off the seat[H3678]backward[H322]by[H1157] the side[H3027] of the gate[H8179], and his neck[H4665]brake[H7665], and he died[H4191]: for he was an old[H2204]man[H376], and heavy[H3513]. And he had judged[H8199]Israel[H3478]forty[H705]years[H8141].
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And his daughter in law[H3618], Phinehas[H6372]' wife[H802], was with child[H2030], near to be delivered[H3205]: and when she heard[H8085] the tidings[H8052]that[H413] the ark[H727] of God[H430] was taken[H3947], and that[H413] her father in law[H2524] and her husband[H376] were dead[H4191], she bowed[H3766] herself and travailed[H3205]; for her pains[H6735]came[H2015] upon her.
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And about the time[H6256] of her death[H4191] the women that stood[H5324] by her said[H1696] unto her, Fear[H3372] not; for thou hast born[H3205] a son[H1121]. But she answered[H6030] not, neither did she regard[H7896] it.
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And she named[H7121] the child[H5288]Ichabod[H350], saying[H559], The glory[H3519] is departed[H1540] from Israel[H3478]: because[H413] the ark[H727] of God[H430] was taken[H3947], and because[H413] of her father in law[H2524] and her husband[H376].
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And she said[H559], The glory[H3519] is departed[H1540] from Israel[H3478]: for the ark[H727] of God[H430] is taken[H3947].