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1 Samuel 4:9-12
New International Version
1 Samuel 4:9-12
New International Version
9 Be strong, Philistines! Be men, or you will be subject to the Hebrews, as they(A) have been to you. Be men, and fight!”
10 So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated(B) and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers. 11 The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.(C)
Death of Eli
12 That same day a Benjamite(D) ran from the battle line and went to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dust(E) on his head.
1 Samuel 4:9-12
King James Version
1 Samuel 4:9-12
King James Version
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.
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