<vn='1'>And the <sn="1697">word</s> of <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="1961">came</s> to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. Now <sn="3478">Israel</s> went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="7125">against</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> to <sn="4421">battle</s>, and <sn="2583">pitched</s><sn="5921">beside</s><sn="72">Ebenezer</s>: and the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="2583">pitched</s> in <sn="663">Aphek</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> put themselves in <sn="6186">array</s><sn="7125">against</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: and when they <sn="5203">joined</s><sn="4421">battle</s>, <sn="3478">Israel</s> was <sn="5062">smitten</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>: and they <sn="5221">slew</s> of the <sn="4634">army</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s> about <sn="702">four</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And when the <sn="5971">people</s> were <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="4264">camp</s>, the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">Wherefore</s> hath the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5062">smitten</s> us <sn="3117">today</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>? Let us <sn="3947">fetch</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> out of <sn="4480 7887">Shiloh</s><sn="413">unto</s> us, that, when it <sn="935">cometh</s><sn="7130">among</s> us, it may <sn="3467">save</s> us out of the <sn="4480 3709">hand</s> of our <sn="341">enemies</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>So the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="7971">sent</s> to <sn="7887">Shiloh</s>, that they might <sn="5375">bring</s> from <sn="4480 8033">thence</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, which <sn="3427">dwelleth</s> between the <sn="3742">cherubims</s>: and the <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="5941">Eli</s>, <sn="2652">Hophni</s> and <sn="6372">Phinehas</s>, were <sn="8033">there</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And when the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="4264">camp</s>, <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7321">shouted</s> with a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="8643">shout</s>, so that the <sn="776">earth</s><sn="1949">rang</s> again. </v>
<vn='6'>And when the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6963">noise</s> of the <sn="8643">shout</s>, they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> meaneth the <sn="6963">noise</s> of <sn="2063">this</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="8643">shout</s> in the <sn="4264">camp</s> of the <sn="5680">Hebrews</s>? And they <sn="3045">understood</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="4264">camp</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> were <sn="3372">afraid</s>, <sn="3588">for</s> they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="430">God</s> is <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="4264">camp</s>. And they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="188">Woe</s> unto us! <sn="3588">for</s> there hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">been</s> such a <sn="2063">thing</s><sn="865 8032">heretofore</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="188">Woe</s> unto us! <sn="4310">who</s> shall <sn="5337">deliver</s> us out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of <sn="428">these</s><sn="117">mighty</s><sn="430">Gods</s>? <sn="428">these</s> are the <sn="430">Gods</s> that <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4714">Egyptians</s> with <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4347">plagues</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Be <sn="2388">strong</s>, and <sn="1961">quit</s> yourselves like <sn="376">men</s>, O ye <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, that ye be not <sn="3645 5647">servants</s> unto the <sn="5680">Hebrews</s>, <sn="834">as</s> they have <sn="5647">been</s> to you: <sn="1961">quit</s> yourselves like <sn="376">men</s>, and <sn="3898">fight</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="3898">fought</s>, and <sn="3478">Israel</s> was <sn="5062">smitten</s>, and they <sn="5127">fled</s> every <sn="376">man</s> into his <sn="168">tent</s>: and there <sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="3966">very</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="4347">slaughter</s>; for there <sn="5307">fell</s> of <sn="4480 3478">Israel</s><sn="7970">thirty</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="7273">footmen</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s> was <sn="3947">taken</s>; and the <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="5941">Eli</s>, <sn="2652">Hophni</s> and <sn="6372">Phinehas</s>, were <sn="4191">slain</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And there <sn="7323">ran</s> a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> out of the <sn="4480 4634">army</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="7887">Shiloh</s> the <sn="1931">same</s><sn="3117">day</s> with his <sn="4055">clothes</s><sn="7167">rent</s>, and with <sn="127">earth</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="7218">head</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And when he <sn="935">came</s>, <sn="2009">lo</s>, <sn="5941">Eli</s><sn="3427">sat</s><sn="5921">upon</s> a <sn="3678">seat</s> by the <sn="3197 1870">wayside</s><sn="6822">watching</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> his <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="2730">trembled</s><sn="5921">for</s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s>. And when the <sn="376">man</s><sn="935">came</s> into the <sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="5046">told</s> it, <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> cried <sn="2199">out</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And when <sn="5941">Eli</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6963">noise</s> of the <sn="6818">crying</s>, he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> meaneth the <sn="6963">noise</s> of <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1995">tumult</s>? And the <sn="376">man</s><sn="935">came</s> in <sn="4116">hastily</s>, and <sn="5046">told</s><sn="5941">Eli</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Now <sn="5941">Eli</s> was <sn="8375">ninety</s> and <sn="8083">eight</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s>; and his <sn="5869">eyes</s> were <sn="6965">dim</s>, that he <sn="3201">could</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="7200">see</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And the <sn="376">man</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="5941">Eli</s>, <sn="595">I</s> am he that <sn="935">came</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="4634">army</s>, and <sn="589">I</s><sn="5127">fled</s><sn="3117">today</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="4634">army</s>. And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="1961">is</s> there <sn="1697">done</s>, my <sn="1121">son</s>? </v>
<vn='17'>And the <sn="1319">messenger</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3478">Israel</s> is <sn="5127">fled</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, and there hath <sn="1961">been</s><sn="1571">also</s> a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="4046">slaughter</s> among the <sn="5971">people</s>, and thy <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1121">sons</s><sn="1571">also</s>, <sn="2652">Hophni</s> and <sn="6372">Phinehas</s>, are <sn="4191">dead</s>, and the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s> is <sn="3947">taken</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when he made <sn="2142">mention</s> of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, that he <sn="5307">fell</s> from <sn="4480 5921">off</s> the <sn="3678">seat</s><sn="322">backward</s><sn="1157">by</s> the <sn="3027">side</s> of the <sn="8179">gate</s>, and his <sn="4665">neck</s><sn="7665">broke</s>, and he <sn="4191">died</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he was an <sn="2204">old</s><sn="376">man</s>, and <sn="3515">heavy</s>. And <sn="1931">he</s> had <sn="8199">judged</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="705">forty</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And his <sn="3618">daughter</s> -in-law, <sn="6372">Phinehas</s> ' <sn="802">wife</s>, was with <sn="2030">child</s>, near to be <sn="3205">delivered</s>: and when she <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8052">tidings</s> that the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s> was <sn="3947">taken</s>, and that her <sn="2524">father</s> -in-law and her <sn="376">husband</s> were <sn="4191">dead</s>, she bowed <sn="3766">herself</s> and <sn="3205">travailed</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> her <sn="6735">pains</s><sn="2015">came</s><sn="5921">upon</s> her. </v>
<vn='20'>And about the <sn="6256">time</s> of her <sn="4191">death</s> the women that <sn="5324">stood</s> by her <sn="1696">said</s><sn="5921">unto</s> her, <sn="3372">Fear</s><sn="408">not</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> thou hast <sn="3205">born</s> a <sn="1121">son</s>. But she <sn="6030">answered</s><sn="3808">not</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> did she <sn="7896 3820">regard</s> it. </v>
<vn='21'>And she <sn="7121">named</s> the <sn="5288">child</s><sn="350">Ichabod</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="3519">glory</s> is <sn="1540">departed</s> from <sn="4480 3478">Israel</s>: <sn="413">because</s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s> was <sn="3947">taken</s>, and <sn="413">because</s> of her <sn="2524">father</s> -in-law and her <sn="376">husband</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And she <sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="3519">glory</s> is <sn="1540">departed</s> from <sn="4480 3478">Israel</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s> is <sn="3947">taken</s>. </v>