13 When he arrived, there was Eli ( R) sitting on his chair by the side of the road, watching, because his heart feared for the ark of God. ( O) Death of Eliġ2 That same day a Benjamite ( P) ran from the battle line and went to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dust ( Q) on his head. 11 The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died. The slaughter was very great Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers. Be men, and fight!”ġ0 So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated ( N) and every man fled to his tent.

9 Be strong, Philistines! Be men, or you will be subject to the Hebrews, as they ( M) have been to you. 8 We’re doomed! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck ( K) the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues ( L) in the wilderness. “Oh no! Nothing like this has happened before. ( J) “A god has come into the camp,” they said. When they learned that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp, 7 the Philistines were afraid. 6 Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, “What’s all this shouting in the Hebrew ( I) camp?” ( G) And Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.ĥ When the ark of the Lord’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout ( H) that the ground shook. 3 When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why ( C) did the Lord bring defeat on us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark ( D) of the Lord’s covenant from Shiloh, ( E) so that he may go with us ( F) and save us from the hand of our enemies.”Ĥ So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim.

( B) 2 The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield. The Israelites camped at Ebenezer, ( A) and the Philistines at Aphek. Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines.

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