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1 Samuel 4:1--6:21

And the word
<01697>

of Samuel
<08050>

came to all Israel
<03478>_.

Now Israel
<03478>

went out
<03318> (8799)

against
<07125> (8800)

the Philistines
<06430>

to battle
<04421>_,

and pitched
<02583> (8799)

beside Ebenezer
<072>_:

and the Philistines
<06430>

pitched
<02583> (8804)

in Aphek
<0663>_.

{came: or, came to pass}

And the Philistines
<06430>

put themselves in array
<06186> (8799)

against
<07125> (8800)

Israel
<03478>_:

and when they joined
<05203> (8799)

battle
<04421>_,

Israel
<03478>

was smitten
<05062> (8735)

before
<06440>

the Philistines
<06430>_:

and they slew
<05221> (8686)

of the army
<04634>

in the field
<07704>

about four
<0702>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>_.

{they joined...: Heb. the battle was spread} {army: Heb. array}

And when the people
<05971>

were come
<0935> (8799)

into the camp
<04264>_,

the elders
<02205>

of Israel
<03478>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Wherefore hath the LORD
<03068>

smitten
<05062> (8804)

us to day
<03117>

before
<06440>

the Philistines
<06430>_?

Let us fetch
<03947> (8799)

the ark
<0727>

of the covenant
<01285>

of the LORD
<03068>

out of Shiloh
<07887>

unto us, that, when it cometh
<0935> (8799)

among
<07130>

us, it may save
<03467> (8686)

us out of the hand
<03709>

of our enemies
<0341> (8802)_.

{fetch: Heb. take unto us}

So the people
<05971>

sent
<07971> (8799)

to Shiloh
<07887>_,

that they might bring
<05375> (8799)

from thence the ark
<0727>

of the covenant
<01285>

of the LORD
<03068>

of hosts
<06635>_,

which dwelleth
<03427> (8802)

[between] the cherubims
<03742>_:

and the two
<08147>

sons
<01121>

of Eli
<05941>_,

Hophni
<02652>

and Phinehas
<06372>_,

[were] there with the ark
<0727>

of the covenant
<01285>

of God
<0430>_.

And when the ark
<0727>

of the covenant
<01285>

of the LORD
<03068>

came
<0935> (8800)

into the camp
<04264>_,

all Israel
<03478>

shouted
<07321> (8686)

with a great
<01419>

shout
<08643>_,

so that the earth
<0776>

rang again
<01949> (8735)_.

And when the Philistines
<06430>

heard
<08085> (8799)

the noise
<06963>

of the shout
<08643>_,

they said
<0559> (8799)_,

What [meaneth] the noise
<06963>

of this great
<01419>

shout
<08643>

in the camp
<04264>

of the Hebrews
<05680>_?

And they understood
<03045> (8799)

that the ark
<0727>

of the LORD
<03068>

was come
<0935> (8804)

into the camp
<04264>_.

And the Philistines
<06430>

were afraid
<03372> (8799)_,

for they said
<0559> (8804)_,

God
<0430>

is come
<0935> (8804)

into the camp
<04264>_.

And they said
<0559> (8799)_,

Woe
<0188>

unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore
<0865> <08032>_.

{heretofore: Heb. yesterday, or, the third day}

Woe
<0188>

unto us! who shall deliver
<05337> (8686)

us out of the hand
<03027>

of these mighty
<0117>

Gods
<0430>_?

these [are] the Gods
<0430>

that smote
<05221> (8688)

the Egyptians
<04714>

with all the plagues
<04347>

in the wilderness
<04057>_.

Be strong
<02388> (8690)_,

and quit
<01961> (8798)

yourselves like men
<0582>_,

O ye Philistines
<06430>_,

that ye be not servants
<05647> (8799)

unto the Hebrews
<05680>_,

as they have been
<05647> (8804)

to you: quit
<01961> (8804)

yourselves like men
<0582>_,

and fight
<03898> (8738)_.

{quit...: Heb. be men}

And the Philistines
<06430>

fought
<03898> (8735)_,

and Israel
<03478>

was smitten
<05062> (8735)_,

and they fled
<05127> (8799)

every man
<0376>

into his tent
<0168>_:

and there was a very
<03966>

great
<01419>

slaughter
<04347>_;

for there fell
<05307> (8799)

of Israel
<03478>

thirty
<07970>

thousand
<0505>

footmen
<07273>_.

And the ark
<0727>

of God
<0430>

was taken
<03947> (8738)_;

and the two
<08147>

sons
<01121>

of Eli
<05941>_,

Hophni
<02652>

and Phinehas
<06372>_,

were slain
<04191> (8804)_.

{were slain: Heb. died}

And there ran
<07323> (8799)

a man
<0376>

of Benjamin
<01144>

out of the army
<04634>_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

to Shiloh
<07887>

the same day
<03117>

with his clothes
<04055>

rent
<07167> (8803)_,

and with earth
<0127>

upon his head
<07218>_.

And when he came
<0935> (8799)_,

lo, Eli
<05941>

sat
<03427> (8802)

upon a seat
<03678>

by the wayside
<01870> <03027> (8675) <03197>

watching
<06822> (8764)_:

for his heart
<03820>

trembled
<02730>

for the ark
<0727>

of God
<0430>_.

And when the man
<0376>

came
<0935> (8802)

into the city
<05892>_,

and told
<05046> (8687)

[it], all the city
<05892>

cried out
<02199> (8799)_.

And when Eli
<05941>

heard
<08085> (8799)

the noise
<06963>

of the crying
<06818>_,

he said
<0559> (8799)_,

What [meaneth] the noise
<06963>

of this tumult
<01995>_?

And the man
<0376>

came
<0935> (8799)

in hastily
<04116> (8765)_,

and told
<05046> (8686)

Eli
<05941>_.

Now Eli
<05941>

was ninety
<08673>

and eight
<08083>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>_;

and his eyes
<05869>

were dim
<06965> (8804)_,

that he could
<03201> (8804)

not see
<07200> (8800)_.

{were dim: Heb. stood}

And the man
<0376>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Eli
<05941>_,

I [am] he that came
<0935> (8802)

out of the army
<04634>_,

and I fled
<05127> (8804)

to day
<03117>

out of the army
<04634>_.

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

What is there done
<01697>_,

my son
<01121>_?

{is...: Heb. is the thing}

And the messenger
<01319> (8764)

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Israel
<03478>

is fled
<05127> (8804)

before
<06440>

the Philistines
<06430>_,

and there hath been also a great
<01419>

slaughter
<04046>

among the people
<05971>_,

and thy two
<08147>

sons
<01121>

also, Hophni
<02652>

and Phinehas
<06372>_,

are dead
<04191> (8804)_,

and the ark
<0727>

of God
<0430>

is taken
<03947> (8738)_.

And it came to pass, when he made mention
<02142> (8687)

of the ark
<0727>

of God
<0430>_,

that he fell
<05307> (8799)

from off the seat
<03678>

backward
<0322>

by
<01157>

the side
<03027>

of the gate
<08179>_,

and his neck
<04665>

brake
<07665> (8735)_,

and he died
<04191> (8799)_:

for he was an old
<02204> (8804)

man
<0376>_,

and heavy
<03513> (8804)_.

And he had judged
<08199> (8804)

Israel
<03478>

forty
<0705>

years
<08141>_.

And his daughter in law
<03618>_,

Phinehas
<06372>_'

wife
<0802>_,

was with child
<02030>_,

[near] to be delivered
<03205> (8800)_:

and when she heard
<08085> (8799)

the tidings
<08052>

that
<0413>

the ark
<0727>

of God
<0430>

was taken
<03947> (8736)_,

and that her father in law
<02524>

and her husband
<0376>

were dead
<04191> (8804)_,

she bowed
<03766> (8799)

herself and travailed
<03205> (8799)_;

for her pains
<06735>

came
<02015> (8738)

upon her. {be delivered: or, cry out} {came: Heb. were turned}

And about the time
<06256>

of her death
<04191> (8800)

the women that stood
<05324> (8737)

by her said
<01696> (8762)

unto her, Fear
<03372> (8799)

not; for thou hast born
<03205> (8804)

a son
<01121>_.

But she answered
<06030> (8804)

not, neither did she regard
<07896> (8804) <03820>

[it]. {neither...: Heb. set not her heart}

And she named
<07121> (8799)

the child
<05288>

Ichabod
<0350>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

The glory
<03519>

is departed
<01540> (8804)

from Israel
<03478>_:

because
<0413>

the ark
<0727>

of God
<0430>

was taken
<03947> (8736)_,

and because of her father in law
<02524>

and her husband
<0376>_.

{Ichabod: that is, Where is the glory? or, There is no glory}

And she said
<0559> (8799)_,

The glory
<03519>

is departed
<01540> (8804)

from Israel
<03478>_:

for the ark
<0727>

of God
<0430>

is taken
<03947> (8738)_.

And the Philistines
<06430>

took
<03947> (8804)

the ark
<0727>

of God
<0430>_,

and brought
<0935> (8686)

it from Ebenezer
<072>

unto Ashdod
<0795>_.

When the Philistines
<06430>

took
<03947> (8799)

the ark
<0727>

of God
<0430>_,

they brought
<0935> (8686)

it into the house
<01004>

of Dagon
<01712>_,

and set
<03322> (8686)

it by
<0681>

Dagon
<01712>_.

And when they of Ashdod
<0796>

arose early
<07925> (8686)

on the morrow
<04283>_,

behold, Dagon
<01712>

[was] fallen
<05307> (8802)

upon his face
<06440>

to the earth
<0776>

before
<06440>

the ark
<0727>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

And they took
<03947> (8799)

Dagon
<01712>_,

and set
<07725> (0)

him in his place
<04725>

again
<07725> (8686)_.

And when they arose early
<07925> (8686)

on the morrow
<04283>

morning
<01242>_,

behold, Dagon
<01712>

[was] fallen
<05307> (8802)

upon his face
<06440>

to the ground
<0776>

before
<06440>

the ark
<0727>

of the LORD
<03068>_;

and the head
<07218>

of Dagon
<01712>

and both
<08147>

the palms
<03709>

of his hands
<03027>

[were] cut off
<03772> (8803)

upon the threshold
<04670>_;

only [the stump of] Dagon
<01712>

was left
<07604> (8738)

to him. {the stump...: or, the fishy part}

Therefore neither the priests
<03548>

of Dagon
<01712>_,

nor any that come
<0935> (8802)

into Dagon's
<01712>

house
<01004>_,

tread
<01869> (8799)

on the threshold
<04670>

of Dagon
<01712>

in Ashdod
<0795>

unto this day
<03117>_.

But the hand
<03027>

of the LORD
<03068>

was heavy
<03513> (8799)

upon them of Ashdod
<0796>_,

and he destroyed
<08074> (8686)

them, and smote
<05221> (8686)

them with emerods
<02914> (8675) <06076>_,

[even] Ashdod
<0795>

and the coasts
<01366>

thereof.

And when the men
<0582>

of Ashdod
<0795>

saw
<07200> (8799)

that [it was] so, they said
<0559> (8804)_,

The ark
<0727>

of the God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>

shall not abide
<03427> (8799)

with us: for his hand
<03027>

is sore
<07185> (8804)

upon us, and upon Dagon
<01712>

our god
<0430>_.

They sent
<07971> (8799)

therefore and gathered
<0622> (8799)

all the lords
<05633>

of the Philistines
<06430>

unto them, and said
<0559> (8799)_,

What shall we do
<06213> (8799)

with the ark
<0727>

of the God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_?

And they answered
<0559> (8799)_,

Let the ark
<0727>

of the God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>

be carried about
<05437> (8735)

unto Gath
<01661>_.

And they carried
<05437> (0)

the ark
<0727>

of the God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>

about
<05437> (8686)

[thither].

And it was [so], that, after
<0310>

they had carried it about
<05437> (8689)_,

the hand
<03027>

of the LORD
<03068>

was against the city
<05892>

with a very
<03966>

great
<01419>

destruction
<04103>_:

and he smote
<05221> (8686)

the men
<0582>

of the city
<05892>_,

both small
<06996>

and great
<01419>_,

and they had emerods
<02914> (8675) <06076>

in their secret parts
<08368> (8735)_.

Therefore they sent
<07971> (8762)

the ark
<0727>

of God
<0430>

to Ekron
<06138>_.

And it came to pass, as the ark
<0727>

of God
<0430>

came
<0935> (8800)

to Ekron
<06138>_,

that the Ekronites
<06139>

cried out
<02199> (8799)_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

They have brought about
<05437> (8689)

the ark
<0727>

of the God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>

to us, to slay
<04191> (8687)

us and our people
<05971>_.

{us, to...: Heb. me to slay me and my}

So they sent
<07971> (8799)

and gathered together
<0622> (8799)

all the lords
<05633>

of the Philistines
<06430>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Send away
<07971> (8761)

the ark
<0727>

of the God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and let it go again
<07725> (8799)

to his own place
<04725>_,

that it slay
<04191> (8686)

us not, and our people
<05971>_:

for there was a deadly
<04194>

destruction
<04103>

throughout all the city
<05892>_;

the hand
<03027>

of God
<0430>

was very
<03966>

heavy
<03513> (8804)

there. {us not...: Heb. me not, and my}

And the men
<0582>

that died
<04191> (8804)

not were smitten
<05221> (8717)

with the emerods
<02914> (8675) <06076>_:

and the cry
<07775>

of the city
<05892>

went up
<05927> (8799)

to heaven
<08064>_.

And the ark
<0727>

of the LORD
<03068>

was in the country
<07704>

of the Philistines
<06430>

seven
<07651>

months
<02320>_.

And the Philistines
<06430>

called
<07121> (8799)

for the priests
<03548>

and the diviners
<07080> (8802)_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

What shall we do
<06213> (8799)

to the ark
<0727>

of the LORD
<03068>_?

tell
<03045> (8685)

us wherewith we shall send
<07971> (8762)

it to his place
<04725>_.

And they said
<0559> (8799)_,

If ye send away
<07971> (8764)

the ark
<0727>

of the God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

send
<07971> (8762)

it not empty
<07387>_;

but in any wise
<07725> (8687)

return
<07725> (8686)

him a trespass offering
<0817>_:

then ye shall be healed
<07495> (8735)_,

and it shall be known
<03045> (8738)

to you why his hand
<03027>

is not removed
<05493> (8799)

from you.

Then said
<0559> (8799)

they, What [shall be] the trespass offering
<0817>

which we shall return
<07725> (8686)

to him? They answered
<0559> (8799)_,

Five
<02568>

golden
<02091>

emerods
<02914> (8675) <06076>_,

and five
<02568>

golden
<02091>

mice
<05909>_,

[according to] the number
<04557>

of the lords
<05633>

of the Philistines
<06430>_:

for one
<0259>

plague
<04046>

[was] on you all, and on your lords
<05633>_.

{you: Heb. them}

Wherefore ye shall make
<06213> (8804)

images
<06754>

of your emerods
<02914> (8675) <06076>_,

and images
<06754>

of your mice
<05909>

that mar
<07843> (8688)

the land
<0776>_;

and ye shall give
<05414> (8804)

glory
<03519>

unto the God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_:

peradventure he will lighten
<07043> (8686)

his hand
<03027>

from off you, and from off your gods
<0430>_,

and from off your land
<0776>_.

Wherefore then do ye harden
<03513> (8762)

your hearts
<03824>_,

as the Egyptians
<04714>

and Pharaoh
<06547>

hardened
<03513> (8765)

their hearts
<03820>_?

when he had wrought wonderfully
<05953> (8694)

among them, did they not let the people go
<07971> (8762)_,

and they departed
<03212> (8799)_?

{wonderfully: or, reproachfully} {the people: Heb. them}

Now therefore make
<06213> (8798)

a
<0259>

new
<02319>

cart
<05699>_,

and take
<03947> (8798)

two
<08147>

milch
<05763> (8802)

kine
<06510>_,

on which there hath come
<05927> (8804)

no yoke
<05923>_,

and tie
<0631> (8804)

the kine
<06510>

to the cart
<05699>_,

and bring
<07725> (8689)

their calves
<01121>

home
<01004>

from them
<0310>_:

And take
<03947> (8804)

the ark
<0727>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and lay
<05414> (8804)

it upon the cart
<05699>_;

and put
<07760> (8799)

the jewels
<03627>

of gold
<02091>_,

which ye return
<07725> (8689)

him [for] a trespass offering
<0817>_,

in a coffer
<0712>

by the side
<06654>

thereof; and send it away
<07971> (8765)_,

that it may go
<01980> (8804)_.

And see
<07200> (8804)_,

if it goeth up
<05927> (8799)

by the way
<01870>

of his own coast
<01366>

to Bethshemesh
<01053>_,

[then] he hath done
<06213> (8804)

us this great
<01419>

evil
<07451>_:

but if not, then we shall know
<03045> (8804)

that [it is] not his hand
<03027>

[that] smote
<05060> (8804)

us: it [was] a chance
<04745>

[that] happened to us
<01961> (8804)_.

{he: or, it}

And the men
<0582>

did so
<06213> (8799)_;

and took
<03947> (8799)

two
<08147>

milch
<05763> (8802)

kine
<06510>_,

and tied
<0631> (8799)

them to the cart
<05699>_,

and shut up
<03607> (8804)

their calves
<01121>

at home
<01004>_:

And they laid
<07760> (8799)

the ark
<0727>

of the LORD
<03068>

upon the cart
<05699>_,

and the coffer
<0712>

with the mice
<05909>

of gold
<02091>

and the images
<06754>

of their emerods
<02914>_.

And the kine
<06510>

took the straight
<03474> (8799)

way
<01870>

to the way
<01870>

of Bethshemesh
<01053>_,

[and] went along
<01980> (8804)

the highway
<04546> <0259>_,

lowing
<01600> (8800)

as they went
<01980> (8800)_,

and turned not aside
<05493> (8804)

[to] the right hand
<03225>

or [to] the left
<08040>_;

and the lords
<05633>

of the Philistines
<06430>

went
<01980> (8802)

after
<0310>

them unto the border
<01366>

of Bethshemesh
<01053>_.

And [they of] Bethshemesh
<01053>

[were] reaping
<07114> (8802)

their wheat
<02406>

harvest
<07105>

in the valley
<06010>_:

and they lifted up
<05375> (8799)

their eyes
<05869>_,

and saw
<07200> (8799)

the ark
<0727>_,

and rejoiced
<08055> (8799)

to see
<07200> (8800)

[it].

And the cart
<05699>

came
<0935> (8802)

into the field
<07704>

of Joshua
<03091>_,

a Bethshemite
<01030>_,

and stood
<05975> (8799)

there, where [there was] a great
<01419>

stone
<068>_:

and they clave
<01234> (8762)

the wood
<06086>

of the cart
<05699>_,

and offered
<05927> (8689)

the kine
<06510>

a burnt offering
<05930>

unto the LORD
<03068>_.

And the Levites
<03881>

took down
<03381> (8689)

the ark
<0727>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and the coffer
<0712>

that [was] with it, wherein the jewels
<03627>

of gold
<02091>

[were], and put
<07760> (8799)

[them] on the great
<01419>

stone
<068>_:

and the men
<0582>

of Bethshemesh
<01053>

offered
<05927> (8689)

burnt offerings
<05930>

and sacrificed
<02076> (8799)

sacrifices
<02077>

the same day
<03117>

unto the LORD
<03068>_.

And when the five
<02568>

lords
<05633>

of the Philistines
<06430>

had seen
<07200> (8804)

[it], they returned
<07725> (8799)

to Ekron
<06138>

the same day
<03117>_.

And these [are] the golden
<02091>

emerods
<02914>

which the Philistines
<06430>

returned
<07725> (8689)

[for] a trespass offering
<0817>

unto the LORD
<03068>_;

for Ashdod
<0795>

one
<0259>_,

for Gaza
<05804>

one
<0259>_,

for Askelon
<0831>

one
<0259>_,

for Gath
<01661>

one
<0259>_,

for Ekron
<06138>

one
<0259>_;

And the golden
<02091>

mice
<05909>_,

[according to] the number
<04557>

of all the cities
<05892>

of the Philistines
<06430>

[belonging] to the five
<02568>

lords
<05633>_,

[both] of fenced
<04013>

cities
<05892>_,

and of country
<06521>

villages
<03724>_,

even unto the great
<01419>

[stone of] Abel
<059>_,

whereon they set down
<03240> (8689)

the ark
<0727>

of the LORD
<03068>_:

[which stone remaineth] unto this day
<03117>

in the field
<07704>

of Joshua
<03091>_,

the Bethshemite
<01030>_.

{great...: or, great stone}

And he smote
<05221> (8686)

the men
<0376>

of Bethshemesh
<01053>_,

because they had looked
<07200> (8804)

into the ark
<0727>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

even he smote
<05221> (8686)

of the people
<05971>

fifty
<02572>

thousand
<0505>

and threescore and ten
<07657>

men
<0582>_:

and the people
<05971>

lamented
<056> (8691)_,

because the LORD
<03068>

had smitten
<05221> (8689)

[many] of the people
<05971>

with a great
<01419>

slaughter
<04347>_.

And the men
<0582>

of Bethshemesh
<01053>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Who is able
<03201> (8799)

to stand
<05975> (8800)

before
<06440>

this holy
<06918>

LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>_?

and to whom shall he go up
<05927> (8799)

from us?

And they sent
<07971> (8799)

messengers
<04397>

to the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Kirjathjearim
<07157>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

The Philistines
<06430>

have brought again
<07725> (8689)

the ark
<0727>

of the LORD
<03068>_;

come ye down
<03381> (8798)_,

[and] fetch it up
<05927> (8685)

to you.

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