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1 Samuel 4 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:1 - And the word H1697 of Samuel H8050 came to all Israel. H3478 Now Israel H3478 went out H3318 against H7125 the Philistines H6430 to battle, H4421 and pitched H2583 beside Ebenezer: H72 and the Philistines H6430 pitched H2583 in Aphek. H663

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2 - And the Philistines H6430 put themselves in array H6186 against H7125 Israel: H3478 and when they joined H5203 battle, H4421 Israel H3478 was smitten H5062 before H6440 the Philistines: H6430 and they slew H5221 of the army H4634 in the field H7704 about four H702 thousand H505 men. H376

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:3 - And when the people H5971 were come H935 into the camp, H4264 the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 said, H559 Wherefore hath the LORD H3068 smitten H5062 us to day H3117 before H6440 the Philistines? H6430 Let us fetch H3947 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 out of Shiloh H7887 unto us, that, when it cometh H935 among H7130 us, it may save H3467 us out of the hand H3709 of our enemies. H341

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:4 - So the people H5971 sent H7971 to Shiloh, H7887 that they might bring H5375 from thence the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 which dwelleth H3427 between the cherubims: H3742 and the two H8147 sons H1121 of Eli, H5941 Hophni H2652 and Phinehas, H6372 were there with the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:5 - And when the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 came H935 into the camp, H4264 all Israel H3478 shouted H7321 with a great H1419 shout, H8643 so that the earth H776 rang again. H1949

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:6 - And when the Philistines H6430 heard H8085 the noise H6963 of the shout, H8643 they said, H559 What meaneth the noise H6963 of this great H1419 shout H8643 in the camp H4264 of the Hebrews? H5680 And they understood H3045 that the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 was come H935 into the camp. H4264

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:7 - And the Philistines H6430 were afraid, H3372 for they said, H559 God H430 is come H935 into the camp. H4264 And they said, H559 Woe H188 unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore. H865 H8032

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8 - Woe H188 unto us! who shall deliver H5337 us out of the hand H3027 of these mighty H117 Gods? H430 these are the Gods H430 that smote H5221 the Egyptians H4714 with all the plagues H4347 in the wilderness. H4057

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:9 - Be strong, H2388 and quit H1961 yourselves like men, H582 O ye Philistines, H6430 that ye be not servants H5647 unto the Hebrews, H5680 as they have been H5647 to you: quit H1961 yourselves like men, H582 and fight. H3898

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:10 - And the Philistines H6430 fought, H3898 and Israel H3478 was smitten, H5062 and they fled H5127 every man H376 into his tent: H168 and there was a very H3966 great H1419 slaughter; H4347 for there fell H5307 of Israel H3478 thirty H7970 thousand H505 footmen. H7273

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:11 - And the ark H727 of God H430 was taken; H3947 and the two H8147 sons H1121 of Eli, H5941 Hophni H2652 and Phinehas, H6372 were slain. H4191

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:12 - And there ran H7323 a man H376 of Benjamin H1144 out of the army, H4634 and came H935 to Shiloh H7887 the same day H3117 with his clothes H4055 rent, H7167 and with earth H127 upon his head. H7218

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13 - And when he came, H935 lo, Eli H5941 sat H3427 upon a seat H3678 by the wayside H1870 H3027 H3197 watching: H6822 for his heart H3820 trembled H2730 for the ark H727 of God. H430 And when the man H376 came H935 into the city, H5892 and told H5046 it, all the city H5892 cried out. H2199

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:14 - And when Eli H5941 heard H8085 the noise H6963 of the crying, H6818 he said, H559 What meaneth the noise H6963 of this tumult? H1995 And the man H376 came H935 in hastily, H4116 and told H5046 Eli. H5941

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:15 - Now Eli H5941 was ninety H8673 and eight H8083 years H8141 old; H1121 and his eyes H5869 were dim, H6965 that he could H3201 not see. H7200

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:16 - And the man H376 said H559 unto Eli, H5941 I am he that came H935 out of the army, H4634 and I fled H5127 to day H3117 out of the army. H4634 And he said, H559 What is there done, H1697 my son? H1121

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:17 - And the messenger H1319 answered H6030 and said, H559 Israel H3478 is fled H5127 before H6440 the Philistines, H6430 and there hath been also a great H1419 slaughter H4046 among the people, H5971 and thy two H8147 sons H1121 also, Hophni H2652 and Phinehas, H6372 are dead, H4191 and the ark H727 of God H430 is taken. H3947

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - And it came to pass, when he made mention H2142 of the ark H727 of God, H430 that he fell H5307 from off the seat H3678 backward H322 by H1157 the side H3027 of the gate, H8179 and his neck H4665 brake, H7665 and he died: H4191 for he was an old H2204 man, H376 and heavy. H3513 And he had judged H8199 Israel H3478 forty H705 years. H8141

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:19 - And his daughter in law, H3618 Phinehas' H6372 wife, H802 was with child, H2030 near to be delivered: H3205 and when she heard H8085 the tidings H8052 that H413 the ark H727 of God H430 was taken, H3947 and that her father in law H2524 and her husband H376 were dead, H4191 she bowed H3766 herself and travailed; H3205 for her pains H6735 came H2015 upon her.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:20 - And about the time H6256 of her death H4191 the women that stood H5324 by her said H1696 unto her, Fear H3372 not; for thou hast born H3205 a son. H1121 But she answered H6030 not, neither did she regard H7896 H3820 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:21 - And she named H7121 the child H5288 Ichabod, H350 saying, H559 The glory H3519 is departed H1540 from Israel: H3478 because H413 the ark H727 of God H430 was taken, H3947 and because of her father in law H2524 and her husband. H376

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:22 - And she said, H559 The glory H3519 is departed H1540 from Israel: H3478 for the ark H727 of God H430 is taken. H3947
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