1 Samuel 4 (NET)

1 Samuel 4:1¹Samuel revealed the word of the Lord to all Israel. Then the Israelites went out to fight the Philistines. They camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines camped at Aphek.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 29:11 Sam 5:11 Sam 7:121 Kgs 20:301 Sam 3:11Josh 12:18Josh 15:53Josh 19:30

1 Samuel 4:2²The Philistines arranged their forces to fight Israel. As the battle spread out, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about 4,000 men in the battle line in the field.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 3:401 Sam 17:211 Sam 17:8Josh 7:12Josh 7:5-8Ps 106:40-41Ps 44:9-10Ps 79:7-8

1 Samuel 4:3³When the army came back to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why did the Lord let us be defeated today by the Philistines? Let’s take with us the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Shiloh. When it is with us, it will save us from the hand of our enemies.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 3:51 Cor 10:1-5Num 10:351 Chr 17:11 Pet 3:211 Sam 14:182 Sam 15:25Amos 5:21-22Deut 29:24Deut 31:26

1 Samuel 4:4⁴So the army sent to Shiloh, and they took from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, who sits between the cherubim. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 6:2Num 7:89Ps 80:1Ps 99:12 Kgs 19:151 Sam 2:12-171 Sam 2:22Acts 19:15-16Exod 25:18-22Mal 1:9

1 Samuel 4:5⁵When the ark of the covenant of the Lord arrived at the camp, all Israel shouted so loudly that the ground shook.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 6:5Job 20:5Amos 6:3Jer 7:4Josh 6:20Judg 15:14Mic 2:11

1 Samuel 4:6⁶When the Philistines heard the sound of the shout, they said, “What is this loud shout in the camp of the Hebrews?” Then they realized that the ark of the Lord had arrived at the camp.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 32:17-18

1 Samuel 4:7⁷The Philistines were scared because they thought that gods had come to the camp. They said, “Woe to us! We’ve never seen anything like this!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:30Exod 14:25Exod 15:14-16

1 Samuel 4:8⁸Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all sorts of plagues in the desert!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 7:5Exod 9:14Ps 78:43-51

1 Samuel 4:9⁹Be strong and act like men, you Philistines, or else you will wind up serving the Hebrews the way they have served you! Act like men and fight!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 16:13Judg 13:12 Sam 10:12Eph 6:10-11Isa 33:1Judg 10:7Deut 28:47-48Isa 14:2

1 Samuel 4:10¹⁰So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. The slaughter was very great; 30,000 foot soldiers from Israel fell in battle.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 4:22 Kgs 14:12Deut 28:25Lev 26:172 Sam 18:17Ps 78:60-641 Kgs 12:161 Kgs 22:362 Chr 13:172 Chr 25:22

1 Samuel 4:11¹¹The ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 2:34Ps 78:64Isa 3:111 Sam 2:32Ps 78:60-61

1 Samuel 4:12¹²On that day a Benjaminite ran from the battle lines and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn, and dirt was on his head.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 7:62 Sam 1:22 Sam 15:32Job 2:12Neh 9:12 Sam 13:19

1 Samuel 4:13¹³When he arrived in Shiloh, Eli was sitting in his chair on the lookout by the side of the road, for he was very worried about the ark of God. As the man entered the city to give his report, the whole city cried out.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 1:91 Sam 4:18Josh 7:9Neh 1:3-4Ps 137:4-6Ps 26:8Ps 79:1-8

1 Samuel 4:14¹⁴When Eli heard the outcry, he said, “What’s this commotion?” The man quickly came and told Eli.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Samuel 4:15¹⁵Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes looked straight ahead; he was unable to see.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 3:21 Kgs 14:4Gen 27:1Ps 90:10

1 Samuel 4:16¹⁶The man said to Eli, “I am the one who came from the battle lines! Just today I fled from the battle lines!” Eli asked, “How did things go, my son?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 1:41 Sam 3:6Josh 7:19

1 Samuel 4:17¹⁷The messenger replied, “Israel has fled from the Philistines! The army has suffered a great defeat! Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead! The ark of God has been captured!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 3:111 Sam 4:10-11

1 Samuel 4:18¹⁸When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward from his chair beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 4:21-221 Pet 4:17-18Ps 69:91 Cor 11:30-321 Sam 2:31-321 Sam 3:12-131 Sam 4:13Lam 2:15-19Lev 10:3Ps 26:8

1 Samuel 4:19¹⁹His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and close to giving birth. When she heard that the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she doubled over and gave birth. But her labor pains were too much for her.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Samuel 4:20²⁰As she was dying, the women who were there with her said, “Don’t be afraid! You have given birth to a son!” But she did not reply or pay any attention.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 35:17-18John 16:21Ps 77:2

1 Samuel 4:21²¹She named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” referring to the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 26:8Jer 2:11Ps 78:61Ps 78:641 Sam 4:11Hos 9:12Ps 106:20

1 Samuel 4:22²²She said, “The glory has departed from Israel, because the ark of God has been captured.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 2:17Ps 137:5-6