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I Samuel Chapter 4

I Samuel
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I Samuel

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In chapter 4 the Israelites are divided into two groups, the tribe of Benjamin and the other tribes, and a dispute arises over where the Ark of the covenant should be placed. Samuel calls the people together to decide a location, and they settle on Shiloh, which will later become the site of the Tabernacle. The chapter highlights the need for unity and proper worship as the foundation of the community’s identity.

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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.
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I Samuel 3:11I Samuel 5:1I Samuel 7:12Joshua 15:53Joshua 19:30I Kings 20:30

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I Samuel 28:4I Samuel 7:10I Samuel 29:4I Samuel 7:7I Samuel 17:1I Samuel 17:2

(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.
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I Samuel 17:8I Samuel 17:21Joshua 7:5Joshua 7:6Joshua 7:7Joshua 7:8Joshua 7:12Psalms 44:9Psalms 44:10Psalms 79:7Psalms 79:8Psalms 106:40

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II Chronicles 13:3I Samuel 7:10I Samuel 17:21I Samuel 29:4I Samuel 7:7I Samuel 31:2

(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.
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Deuteronomy 29:24Psalms 74:1Psalms 74:11Isaiah 50:1Isaiah 58:3I Samuel 14:18Numbers 31:6Joshua 6:4Joshua 6:5II Samuel 15:25Isaiah 1:11Isaiah 1:12

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I Samuel 4:4Joshua 3:6Joshua 8:33I Samuel 4:6I Samuel 5:8Exodus 40:20

(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.
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II Samuel 6:2II Kings 19:15Psalms 80:1Psalms 99:1Exodus 25:18Exodus 25:19Exodus 25:20Exodus 25:21Exodus 25:22Numbers 7:89I Samuel 2:12I Samuel 2:13

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Joshua 3:6II Samuel 6:2I Kings 8:7II Chronicles 5:8Exodus 40:20Joshua 6:6

(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.
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Judges 15:14Job 20:5Jeremiah 7:4Amos 6:3Micah 2:11

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I Samuel 4:6Joshua 3:6I Samuel 4:4Exodus 40:20Numbers 14:44Joshua 6:6

(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.
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Exodus 32:17Exodus 32:18

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Ezra 3:13Joshua 6:10Exodus 32:17Exodus 33:7II Kings 7:6Ezekiel 1:24

(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.
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Exodus 14:25Exodus 15:14Exodus 15:15Exodus 15:16Deuteronomy 32:30

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I Samuel 7:7Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6I Samuel 4:6Exodus 33:7Revelation 8:13

(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.
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Exodus 7:5Exodus 9:14Psalms 78:43Psalms 78:44Psalms 78:45Psalms 78:46Psalms 78:47Psalms 78:48Psalms 78:49Psalms 78:50Psalms 78:51

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Judges 10:6II Chronicles 28:23Exodus 20:23Exodus 34:15Exodus 34:16Numbers 25:2

(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.
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II Samuel 10:12I Corinthians 16:13Ephesians 6:10Ephesians 6:11Deuteronomy 28:47Deuteronomy 28:48Judges 10:7Judges 13:1Isaiah 14:2Isaiah 33:1

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Isaiah 8:9Leviticus 11:43Leviticus 11:44Joshua 6:18Ezekiel 39:17Joel 3:11

(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.
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I Samuel 4:2Leviticus 26:17Deuteronomy 28:25Psalms 78:9Psalms 78:60Psalms 78:61Psalms 78:62Psalms 78:63Psalms 78:64II Samuel 20:1I Kings 12:16I Kings 22:36

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I Samuel 31:1I Chronicles 10:1Genesis 31:33I Samuel 19:8Genesis 14:10Judges 5:27

(11) And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
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I Samuel 2:32Psalms 78:61I Samuel 2:34Psalms 78:64Isaiah 3:11

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I Samuel 4:4Ezekiel 32:25Exodus 40:20I Samuel 4:17I Samuel 5:8I Samuel 5:10

(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.
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II Samuel 1:2Joshua 7:6II Samuel 13:19II Samuel 15:32Nehemiah 9:1Job 2:12

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II Kings 5:8Acts 14:14Judges 21:21Jeremiah 41:5

(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.
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I Samuel 1:9Joshua 7:9Nehemiah 1:3Nehemiah 1:4Psalms 26:8Psalms 79:1Psalms 79:2Psalms 79:3Psalms 79:4Psalms 79:5Psalms 79:6Psalms 79:7

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Exodus 40:20I Samuel 5:10I Samuel 20:25Exodus 25:21Leviticus 16:2I Samuel 4:4

(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.
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II Kings 7:6Ezra 3:13Ezekiel 1:24Ezekiel 3:13I Samuel 4:6Psalms 65:7

(15) Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
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I Samuel 3:2Psalms 90:10Genesis 27:1

(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?
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II Samuel 1:4I Samuel 3:6Joshua 7:19

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I Samuel 17:21I Kings 20:25II Kings 25:5Jeremiah 35:11Jeremiah 37:11Jeremiah 52:8

(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.
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I Samuel 4:10I Samuel 4:11I Samuel 3:11

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I Samuel 4:4I Samuel 5:8Exodus 40:20I Samuel 4:11I Samuel 5:10I Samuel 4:10

(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.
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I Samuel 4:21I Samuel 4:22Psalms 26:8Psalms 42:3Psalms 42:10Psalms 69:9Lamentations 2:15Lamentations 2:16Lamentations 2:17Lamentations 2:18Lamentations 2:19I Samuel 2:31

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Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Deuteronomy 9:25II Samuel 2:23Exodus 40:20Ezekiel 40:23

(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.
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Romans 7:2Leviticus 18:17Luke 12:53II Samuel 12:18I Corinthians 13:11Genesis 33:7

(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.
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Genesis 35:17Genesis 35:18John 16:21Psalms 77:2

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Daniel 11:37

(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.
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Psalms 26:8Psalms 78:61Psalms 78:64Psalms 106:20Jeremiah 2:11Hosea 9:12

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Romans 7:2II Samuel 12:18I Corinthians 13:11I Samuel 4:19Exodus 40:20I Samuel 5:8

(22) And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
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Psalms 137:5Psalms 137:6John 2:17

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Exodus 40:20I Samuel 5:8I Samuel 5:10

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