I Samuel 4:3
The Scripture
(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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Israel was defeated by the Philistines and brought the ark of the covenant into battle for protection, but the Philistines captured the ark and killed Eli's sons Hophni and Phinehas. When Eli heard the news he fell backward and died, and his daughter-in-law, giving birth, named her son Ichabod because the glory had departed from Israel.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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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