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.
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.
4:3 And the people came to the camp, and the elders of Israel said, Why has
Yehovah caused us to fall this day before the Philistines? let us take the
ark of our Elohim out of Selom, and let it proceed from the midst of us, and it
shall save us from the hand of our enemies.
4:4 And the people sent to Selom, and they take thence the ark of Yehovah
who dwells between the cherubs: and both the sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees,
[were] with the ark.
4:5 And it came to pass when the ark of Yehovah entered into the camp, that
all Israel cried out with a loud voice, and the earth resounded.
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 Yehovah was come into the camp.
4:7 And the Philistines feared, and said, These are the Elohims that are come
to them into the camp.
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
Elohims? these [are] the Elohims that smote Egypt with every plague, and in the
wilderness.
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.
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.
4:11 And the ark of Elohim was taken, and both the sons of Heli, Ophni, and
Phinees, died.
4:12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the battle, and he came to Selom
on that day: and his clothes [were] rent, and earth [was] upon his head.
4:13 And he came, an behold, Heli was upon the seat by the gate looking
along the way, for his heart was greatly alarmed for the ark of Elohim: and the
man entered into the city to bring tidings; and the city cried out.
4:14 And 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 Heli.
4:15 Now Heli [was] ninety years old, and his eyes were fixed, and he saw
not.
4:16 And Heli said to them that stood round about him, What [is] the voice
of this sound? And the man hasted and advanced to 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 Heli said, What [is] the even, [my] son?
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 Elohim is taken.
4:18 And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark of Elohim, 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.
4:19 And his daughter-in-law the wife of Phinees [was] with child, [about]
to bring forth; and she heard the tidings, that the ark of Elohim 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.
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.
4:21 And she called the child Uaebarchaboth, because of the ark of Elohim, and
because of her father-in-law, and because of her husband.
4:22 And they said, The glory of Israel is departed, forasmuch as the ark of
Yehovah is taken. |
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.
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.
4:3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said,
Wherefore hath Yehovah smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us
fetch the ark of the covenant of Yehovah out of Shiloh unto us, that, when
it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark
of the covenant of Yehovah of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubim:
and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the
covenant of Elohim.
4:5 And when the ark of the covenant of Yehovah came into the camp, all
Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
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 Yehovah was come into the camp.
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.
4:8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Elohims?
these are the Elohims that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the
wilderness.
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.
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.
4:11 And the ark of Elohim was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas, were slain.
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.
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.
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.
4:15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he
could not see.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
4:22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of Elohim is
taken. |