And the word{H1697} of Samuel{H8050} came to all Israel.{H3478} Now Israel{H3478} went out{H3318} against{H7125} the Philistines{H6430} to battle,{H4421} and encamped{H2583} beside Eben-ezer:{H72} and the Philistines{H6430} encamped{H2583} in Aphek.{H663}

And the Philistines{H6430} put themselves in array{H6186} against{H7125} Israel:{H3478} and when they joined{H5203} battle,{H4421} Israel{H3478} was smitten{H5062} before{H6440} the Philistines;{H6430} and they slew{H5221} of the army{H4634} in the field{H7704} about four{H702} thousand{H505} men.{H376}

And when the people{H5971} were come{H935} into the camp,{H4264} the elders{H2205} of Israel{H3478} said,{H559} Wherefore hath Jehovah{H3068} smitten{H5062} us to-day{H3117} before{H6440} the Philistines?{H6430} Let us fetch{H3947} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah{H3068} out of Shiloh{H7887} unto us, that it may come{H935} among{H7130} us, and save{H3467} us out of the hand{H3709} of our enemies.{H341}

So the people{H5971} sent{H7971} to Shiloh;{H7887} and they brought{H5375} from thence the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} who sitteth{H3427} [above] the cherubim:{H3742} and the two{H8147} sons{H1121} of Eli,{H5941} Hophni{H2652} and Phinehas,{H6372} were there with the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of God.{H430}

And when the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah{H3068} came{H935} into the camp,{H4264} all Israel{H3478} shouted{H7321} with a great{H1419} shout,{H8643} so that the earth{H776} rang again.{H1949}

And when the Philistines{H6430} heard{H8085} the noise{H6963} of the shout,{H8643} they said,{H559} What meaneth the noise{H6963} of this great{H1419} shout{H8643} in the camp{H4264} of the Hebrews?{H5680} And they understood{H3045} that the ark{H727} of Jehovah{H3068} was come{H935} into the camp.{H4264}

And the Philistines{H6430} were afraid,{H3372} for they said,{H559} God{H430} is come{H935} into the camp.{H4264} And they said,{H559} Woe{H188} unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.{H865}

Woe{H188} unto us! who shall deliver{H5337} us out of the hand{H3027} of these mighty{H117} gods?{H430} these are the gods{H430} that smote{H5221} the Egyptians{H4714} with all manner of plagues{H4347} in the wilderness.{H4057}

Be strong,{H2388} and quit{H1961} yourselves like men,{H582} O ye Philistines,{H6430} that ye be not servants{H5647} unto the Hebrews,{H5680} as they have been{H5647} to you: quit{H1961} yourselves like men,{H582} and fight.{H3898}

And the Philistines{H6430} fought,{H3898} and Israel{H3478} was smitten,{H5062} and they fled{H5127} every man{H376} to his tent:{H168} and there was a very{H3966} great{H1419} slaughter;{H4347} for there fell{H5307} of Israel{H3478} thirty{H7970} thousand{H505} footmen.{H7273}

And the ark{H727} of God{H430} was taken;{H3947} and the two{H8147} sons{H1121} of Eli,{H5941} Hophni{H2652} and Phinehas,{H6372} were slain.{H4191}

And there ran{H7323} a man{H376} of Benjamin{H1144} out of the army,{H4634} and came{H935} to Shiloh{H7887} the same day,{H3117} with his clothes{H4055} rent,{H7167} and with earth{H127} upon his head.{H7218}

And when he came,{H935} lo, Eli{H5941} was sitting{H3427} upon his seat{H3678} by the wayside{H3027} watching;{H6822} for his heart{H3820} trembled{H2730} for the ark{H727} of God.{H430} And when the man{H376} came{H935} into the city,{H5892} and told{H5046} it, all the city{H5892} cried out.{H2199}

And when Eli{H5941} heard{H8085} the noise{H6963} of the crying,{H6818} he said,{H559} What meaneth the noise{H6963} of this tumult?{H1995} And the man{H376} hasted,{H4116} and came{H935} and told{H5046} Eli.{H5941}

Now Eli{H5941} was ninety{H8673} and eight{H8083} years{H8141} old;{H1121} and his eyes{H5869} were set,{H6965} so that he could{H3201} not see.{H7200}

And the man{H376} said{H559} unto Eli,{H5941} I am he that came{H935} out of the army,{H4634} and I fled{H5127} to-day{H3117} out of the army.{H4634} And he said,{H559} How went the matter,{H1697} my son?{H1121}

And he{H1319} that brought the tidings answered{H6030} and said,{H6030} Israel{H3478} is fled{H5127} before{H6440} the Philistines,{H6430} and there hath been also a great{H1419} slaughter{H4046} among the people,{H5971} and thy two{H8147} sons{H1121} also, Hophni{H2652} and Phinehas,{H6372} are dead,{H4191} and the ark{H727} of God{H430} is taken.{H3947}

And it came to pass, when he made mention{H2142} of the ark{H727} of God,{H430} that [Eli] fell{H5307} from off his seat{H3678} backward{H322} by{H1157} the side{H3027} of the gate;{H8179} and his neck{H4665} brake,{H7665} and he died:{H4191} for he was an old{H2204} man,{H376} and heavy.{H3513} And he had judged{H8199} Israel{H3478} forty{H705} years.{H8141}

And his daughter-in-law,{H3618} Phinehas'{H6372} wife,{H802} was with child,{H2030} near to be delivered:{H3205} and when she heard{H8085} the tidings{H8052} that{H413} the ark{H727} of God{H430} was taken,{H3947} and that her father-in-law{H2524} and her husband{H376} were dead,{H4191} she bowed{H3766} herself and brought forth;{H3205} for her pains{H6735} came{H2015} upon her.

And about the time{H6256} of her death{H4191} the women that stood{H5324} by her said{H1696} unto her, Fear{H3372} not; for thou hast brought forth{H3205} a son.{H1121} But she answered{H6030} not, neither did she regard{H7896} it.

And she named{H7121} the child{H5288} Ichabod,{H350} saying,{H559} The glory{H3519} is departed{H1540} from Israel;{H3478} because{H413} the ark{H727} of God{H430} was taken,{H3947} and because of her father-in-law{H2524} and her husband.{H376}

And she said,{H559} The glory{H3519} is departed{H1540} from Israel;{H3478} for the ark{H727} of God{H430} is taken.{H3947}