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  4:1 ¶
And it came to pass in those days that the Philistines gathered themselves together against Israel to war; and Israel went out to meet them and encamped at Abenezer, and the Philistines encamped in Aphec. |
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4:1 ¶
And the word°
of Samuel°
came°
to all°
Israel.°
Now Israel°
went out°°
against°°
the Philistines°
to battle,°
and pitched°°
beside°
Ebenezer:°
and the Philistines°
pitched°°
in Aphek.° |
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4:2
And the Philistines prepare to fight with Israel, and the battle was turned against them; and the men of Israel fell before the Philistines, and there were smitten in the battle in the field four thousand men. |
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4:2
And the Philistines°
put themselves in array°°
against°°
Israel:°
and when they joined°°
battle,°
Israel°
was smitten°°
before°
the Philistines:°
and they slew°°
of the army°
in the field°
about four°
thousand°
men.° |
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4:3 ¶
And the people came to the camp, and the elders of Israel said, Why has the Lord caused us to fall this day before the Philistines? let us take the ark of our God out of Shelah{gr.Selom}, and let it proceed from the midst of us, and it shall save us from the hand of our enemies. |
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4:3 ¶
And when the people°
were come°°
into°
the camp,°
the elders°
of Israel°
said,°°
Wherefore°
hath Yahweh°
smitten°°
us to day°
before°
the Philistines?°
Let us fetch°°°
the ark°
of the covenant°
of Yahweh°
out of Shiloh°°
unto°
us, that, when it cometh°°
among°
us, it may save°°
us out of the hand°°
of our enemies.°° |
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4:4
And the people sent to Shelah{gr.Selom}, and they take thence the ark of the Lord who dwells between the cherubs: and both the sons of Eli{gr.Heli}, Ophni and Phinehas{gr.Phinees}, [were] with the ark. |
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4:4
So the people°
sent°°
to Shiloh,°
that they might bring°°
from thence°°°
the ark°
of the covenant°
of Yahweh°
Sabaoth,°
which dwelleth°°
[between] the cherubims:°
and the two°
sons°
of Eli,°
Hophni°
and Phinehas,°
[were] there°
with°
the ark°
of the covenant°
of Elohim.° |
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4:5
And it came to pass when the ark of the Lord entered into the camp, that all Israel cried out with a loud voice, and the earth resounded. |
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4:5
And when the ark°
of the covenant°
of Yahweh°
came°°
into°
the camp,°
all°
Israel°
shouted°°
with a great°
shout,°
so that the earth°
rang°
again.°° |
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4:6
And the Philistines heard the cry, and the Philistines said, What [is] this great cry in the camp of the Hebrews: and they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp. |
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4:6
And when the Philistines°
heard°°°
the noise°
of the shout,°
they said,°°
What°
[meaneth] the noise°
of this°
great°
shout°
in the camp°
of the Hebrews?°
And they understood°°
that°
the ark°
of Yahweh°
was come°°
into°
the camp.° |
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4:7
And the Philistines feared, and said, These are the Gods that are come to them into the camp. |
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4:7
And the Philistines°
were afraid,°°
for°
they said,°°
Elohim°
is come°°
into°
the camp.°
And they said,°°
Woe°
unto us! for°
there hath not°
been°
such a thing°
heretofore.°° |
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4:8
Woe to us, O Lord, deliver us to-day for such a thing has not happened aforetime: woe to us, who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these [are] the Gods that smote Mizraim{gr.Egypt} with every plague, and in the wilderness. |
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4:8
Woe°
unto us! who°
shall deliver°°
us out of the hand°°
of these°
mighty°
Elohim?°
these°
[are] the Elohim°
that smote°°°
the Egyptians°
with all°
the plagues°
in the wilderness.° |
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4:9
Strengthen yourselves and behave yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye may not serve the Hebrews as they have served us, but be ye men and fight with them. |
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4:9
Be strong,°°
and quit°°
yourselves like men,°°
O ye Philistines,°
that ye be not servants°°°
unto the Hebrews,°
as°
they have been°°
to you: quit°°
yourselves like men,°°
and fight.°° |
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4:10 ¶
And they fought with them; and the men of Israel fall, and they fled every man to his ten; and there was a very great slaughter; and there fell of Israel thirty thousand fighting men. |
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4:10 ¶
And the Philistines°
fought,°°
and Israel°
was smitten,°°
and they fled°°
every man°
into his tent:°
and there was°
a very°
great°
slaughter;°
for there fell°°
of Israel°°
thirty°
thousand°
footmen.° |
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4:11
And the ark of God was taken, and both the sons of Eli{gr.Heli}, Ophni, and Phinehas{gr.Phinees}, died. |
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4:11
And the ark°
of Elohim°
was taken;°°
and the two°
sons°
of Eli,°
Hophni°
and Phinehas,°
were slain.°° |
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4:12 ¶
And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the battle, and he came to Shelah{gr.Selom} on that day: and his clothes [were] rent, and earth [was] upon his head. |
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4:12 ¶
And there ran°°
a man°
of Benjamin°
out of the army,°°
and came°°
to Shiloh°
the same°
day°
with his clothes°
rent,°°
and with earth°
upon°
his head.° |
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4:13
And he came, an behold, Eli{gr.Heli} was upon the seat by the gate looking along the way, for his heart was greatly alarmed for the ark of God: and the man entered into the city to bring tidings; and the city cried out. |
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4:13
And when he came,°°
lo,°
Eli°
sat°°
upon°
a seat°
by the wayside°°°°
watching:°°
for°
his heart°
trembled°
for°
the ark°
of Elohim.°
And when the man°
came°°
into the city,°
and told°°
[it], all°
the city°
cried out.°° |
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4:14
And Eli{gr.Heli} heard the sound of the cry, and said, What [is] the voice of this cry? and the men hasted and went in, and reported to Eli{gr.Heli}. |
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4:14
And when Eli°
heard°°°
the noise°
of the crying,°
he said,°°
What°
[meaneth] the noise°
of this°
tumult?°
And the man°
came°°
in hastily,°°
and told°°
Eli.° |
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4:15
Now Eli{gr.Heli} [was] ninety years old, and his eyes were fixed, and he saw not. |
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4:15
Now Eli°
was ninety°°
and eight°
years°
old;°
and his eyes°
were dim,°°
that he could°°
not°
see.°° |
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4:16
And Eli{gr.Heli} said to them that stood round about him, What [is] the voice of this sound? And the man hasted and advanced to Eli{gr.Heli}, and said to him, I am he that is come out of the camp, and I have fled from the battle to-day: and Eli{gr.Heli} said, What [is] the even, [my] son? |
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4:16
And the man°
said°°
unto°
Eli,°
I°
[am] he that came°°
out of°
the army,°
and I°
fled°°
to day°
out of°
the army.°
And he said,°°
What°
is°
there done,°
my son?° |
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4:17
And they young man answered and said, The men of Israel fled from the face of the Philistines, and there was a great slaughter among the people, and both thy sons are dead, and the ark of God is taken. |
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4:17
And the messenger°°
answered°°
and said,°°
Israel°
is fled°°
before°
the Philistines,°
and there hath been°
also°
a great°
slaughter°
among the people,°
and thy two°
sons°
also,°
Hophni°
and Phinehas,°
are dead,°°
and the ark°
of Elohim°
is taken.°° |
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4:18
And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark of God, that he fell from the seat backward near the gate, and his back was broken, and he died, for [he was] an old man and heavy: and he judged Israel twenty years. |
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4:18
And it came to pass,°
when he made mention°°
of°
the ark°
of Elohim,°
that he fell°°
from off°°
the seat°
backward°
by°
the side°
of the gate,°
and his neck°
brake,°°
and he died:°°
for°
he was an old°°
man,°
and heavy.°°°
And he°
had judged°°°
Israel°
forty°
years.° |
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4:19 ¶
And his daughter-in-law the wife of Phinehas{gr.Phinees} [was] with child, [about] to bring forth; and she heard the tidings, that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead; and she wept and was delivered, for her pains came upon her. |
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4:19 ¶
And his daughter in law,°
Phinehas'°
wife,°
was with child,°
[near] to be delivered:°°
and when she heard°°°
the tidings°
that°
the ark°
of Elohim°
was taken,°°
and that her father in law°
and her husband°
were dead,°°
she bowed°°
herself°
and travailed;°°
for°
her pains°
came°°
upon°
her. |
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4:20
And in her time she was at the point of death; and the women that stood by her, said to her, Fear not, for thou hast born a son: but she answered not, and her heart did not regard it. |
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4:20
And about the time°
of her death°°
the women that stood°°
by her said°°
unto°
her, Fear°°
not;°
for°
thou hast born°°
a son.°
But she answered°°
not,°
neither°
did she regard°°°
[it]. |
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4:21
And she called the child Uaebarchaboth, because of the ark of God, and because of her father-in-law, and because of her husband. |
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4:21
And she named°°
the child°
Ichabod,°
saying,°°
The glory°
is departed°°
from Israel:°°
because°
the ark°
of Elohim°
was taken,°°
and because°
of her father in law°
and her husband.° |
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4:22
And they said, The glory of Israel is departed, forasmuch as the ark of the Lord is taken. |
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4:22
And she said,°°
The glory°
is departed°°
from Israel:°°
for°
the ark°
of Elohim°
is taken.°° |
