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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. 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. 3 And when the peo­ple were come into the camp, the el­ders of Is­rael said, Where­fore hath the LORD smit­ten us to day be­fore the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our en­e­mies. 4 So the peo­ple sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cheru­bims: and the two sons of Eli, Hoph­ni and Phine­has, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Is­rael shout­ed with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. 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 the LORD was come into the camp. 7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing hereto­fore. 8 Woe unto us! who shall de­liv­er us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyp­tians with all the plagues in the wilder­ness. 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. 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. 11 And the ark of God was tak­en; and the two sons of Eli, Hoph­ni and Phine­has, were slain. 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. 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the way­side watch­ing: for his heart trem­bled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. 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. 15 Now Eli was nine­ty and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. 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? 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 God is tak­en. 18 And it came to pass, when he made men­tion of the ark of God, 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. 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 God was tak­en, and that her fa­ther in law and her hus­band were dead, she bowed her­self and tra­vailed; for her pains came upon her. 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. 21 And she named the child Ich­a­bod, say­ing, The glo­ry is de­part­ed from Is­rael: be­cause the ark of God was tak­en, and be­cause of her fa­ther in law and her hus­band. 22 And she said, The glo­ry is de­part­ed from Is­rael: for the ark of God is tak­en.