1 Samuel 4:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when he came, Eli was seated by the wayside watching: and in his heart was fear for the ark of God. And when the man came into the town and gave the news, there was a great outcry.

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  • 1 Sam 1:9 : 9 So after they had taken food and wine in the guest room, Hannah got up. Now Eli the priest was seated by the pillars of the doorway of the Temple of the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 4:18 : 18 And at these words about the ark of God, Eli, falling back off his seat by the side of the doorway into the town, came down on the earth so that his neck was broken and death overtook him, for he was an old man and of great weight. He had been judging Israel for forty years.
  • Neh 1:3-4 : 3 They said to me, The small band of Jews now living there in the land are in great trouble and shame: the wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire. 4 Then, after hearing these words, for some days I gave myself up to weeping and sorrow, seated on the earth; and taking no food I made prayer to the God of heaven,
  • Ps 26:8 : 8 Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.
  • Ps 79:1-8 : 1 <A Psalm. Of Asaph.> O God, the nations have come into your heritage; they have made your holy Temple unclean; they have made Jerusalem a mass of broken walls. 2 They have given the bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, and the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood has been flowing like water round about Jerusalem; there was no one to put them in their last resting-place. 4 We are looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and made sport of by those who are round us. 5 How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? will your wrath go on burning like fire? 6 Let your wrath be on the nations who have no knowledge of you, and on the kingdoms who have not made prayer to your name. 7 For they have taken Jacob for their meat, and made waste his house. 8 Do not keep in mind against us the sins of our fathers; let your mercy come to us quickly, for we have been made very low.
  • Ps 137:4-6 : 4 How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land? 5 If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art. 6 If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.
  • Josh 7:9 : 9 For when the news comes to the Canaanites and all the people of the land, they will come up, shutting us in and cutting off our name from the earth: and what will you do for the honour of your great name?

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  • 1 Sam 4:14-19
    6 verses
    87%

    14And Eli, hearing the noise and the cries, said, What is the reason of this outcry? And the man came quickly and gave the news to Eli.

    15Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were fixed so that he was not able to see.

    16And the man said to Eli, I have come from the army and have come in flight today from the fight. And he said, How did it go, my son?

    17And the man said, Israel went in flight from the Philistines, and there has been great destruction among the people, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.

    18And at these words about the ark of God, Eli, falling back off his seat by the side of the doorway into the town, came down on the earth so that his neck was broken and death overtook him, for he was an old man and of great weight. He had been judging Israel for forty years.

    19And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child and near the time when she would give birth; and when she had the news that the ark of God had been taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, her pains came on her suddenly and she gave birth.

  • 1 Sam 4:11-12
    2 verses
    83%

    11And the ark of God was taken; and Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, were put to the sword.

    12And a man of Benjamin went running from the fight and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothing out of order and earth on his head.

  • 1 Sam 4:3-7
    5 verses
    77%

    3And when the people came back to their tents, the responsible men of Israel said, Why has the Lord let the Philistines overcome us today? Let us get the ark of the Lord's agreement here from Shiloh, so that it may be with us and give us salvation from the hands of those who are against us.

    4So the people sent to Shiloh and got the ark of the agreement of the Lord of armies whose resting-place is between the winged ones; and Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were there with the ark of God's agreement.

    5And when the ark of the Lord's agreement came into the tent-circle, all Israel gave a great cry, so that the earth was sounding with it.

    6And the Philistines, hearing the noise of their cry, said, What is this great cry among the tents of the Hebrews? Then it became clear to them that the ark of the Lord had come to the tent-circle.

    7And the Philistines, full of fear, said, God has come into their tents. And they said, Trouble is ours! for never before has such a thing been seen.

  • 1 Sam 16:4
    72%

    4And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?

  • 1 Sam 11:4-5
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    72%

    4So they sent representatives to Saul's town Gibeah, and these gave the news to the people: and all the people gave themselves to weeping.

    5Now Saul came from the field, driving the oxen before him; and he said, Why are the people weeping? And they gave him word of what the men of Jabesh had said.

  • 1 Sam 6:13
    71%

    13And the people of Beth-shemesh were cutting their grain in the valley, and lifting up their eyes they saw the ark and were full of joy when they saw it.

  • 1 Sam 3:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15And Samuel kept where he was, not moving till the time came for opening the doors of the house of God in the morning. And fear kept him from giving Eli an account of his vision.

    16Then Eli said, Samuel, my son. And Samuel answering said, Here am I.

  • 1 Sam 3:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2And at that time, when Eli was resting in his place, (now his eyes were becoming clouded so that he was not able to see,)

    3And the light of God was still burning, while Samuel was sleeping in the Temple of the Lord where the ark of God was,

  • 1 Sam 5:7-12
    6 verses
    71%

    7And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said, Let not the ark of the God of Israel be with us, for his hand is hard on us and on Dagon our god.

    8So they sent for all the lords of the Philistines to come together there, and said, What are we to do with the ark of the God of Israel? And their answer was, Let the ark of the God of Israel be taken away to Gath. So they took the ark of the God of Israel away.

    9But after they had taken it away, the hand of the Lord was stretched out against the town for its destruction: and the signs of disease came out on all the men of the town, small and great.

    10So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of the town made an outcry, saying, They have sent the ark of the God of Israel to us for the destruction of us and of our people.

    11So they sent and got together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its place, so that it may not be the cause of death to us and to our people: for there was a great fear of death through all the town; the hand of God was very hard on them there.

    12And those men who were not overtaken by death were cruelly diseased: and the cry of the town went up to heaven.

  • 1 Sam 9:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13When you come into the town you will see him straight away, before he goes up to the high place for the feast: the people are waiting for his blessing before starting the feast, and after that the guests will take part in it. So go up now and you will see him.

    14So they went up to the town, and when they came inside the town, Samuel came face to face with them on his way to the high place.

  • 2 Sam 15:24
    70%

    24Then Zadok came, and Abiathar, and with them the ark of God's agreement: and they put down the ark of God, till all the people from the town had gone by.

  • 2 Chr 5:4
    70%

    4All the responsible men of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.

  • 1 Sam 14:18
    70%

    18And Saul said to Ahijah, Let the ephod come here. For he went before Israel with the ephod at that time.

  • 1 Sam 2:27
    70%

    27And a man of God came to Eli and said to him, The Lord says, Did I let myself be seen by your father's people when they were in Egypt, servants in Pharaoh's house?

  • Judg 19:17
    69%

    17And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?

  • 1 Sam 1:3
    69%

    3Now this man went up from his town every year to give worship and to make offerings to the Lord of armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.

  • 1 Sam 4:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21And she gave the child the name of Ichabod, saying, The glory has gone from Israel: because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

    22And she said, The glory is gone from Israel, for the ark of God has been taken.

  • 1 Sam 6:9
    69%

    9If it goes by the land of Israel to Beth-shemesh, then this great evil is his work; but if not, then we may be certain that the evil was not his doing, but was the working of chance.

  • 1 Chr 13:9
    69%

    9And when they came to the grain-floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to keep the ark in its place, for the oxen were slipping.

  • 1 Sam 3:10
    69%

    10Then the Lord came and said as before, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel made answer, Say on, Lord; for the ears of your servant are open.

  • 1 Sam 2:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22Now Eli was very old; and he had news from time to time of what his sons were doing to all Israel.

    23And he said to them, Why are you doing such things? for from all this people I get accounts of your evil ways.

  • 1 Chr 13:12
    69%

    12And so great was David's fear of God that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

  • 1 Sam 6:21
    69%

    21And they sent men to the people living in Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have sent back the ark of the Lord; come and take it up to your country.

  • 2 Sam 18:25
    68%

    25And the watchman gave news of it to the king. And the king said, If he is coming by himself, then he has news. And the man was travelling quickly, and came near.

  • 1 Sam 3:5
    68%

    5And running to Eli he said, Here am I, for you said my name. And Eli said, I did not say your name; go to your rest again. So he went back to his bed.

  • 1 Sam 23:6
    68%

    6Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, went in flight to David, he came down to Keilah with the ephod in his hand.

  • 2 Sam 6:9
    68%

    9And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

  • 1 Sam 7:1
    68%

    1So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord to the house of Abinadab in Gibeah, and they made his son Eleazar holy and put the ark in his care.

  • 1 Sam 10:22
    68%

    22So they put another question to the Lord, Is the man present here? And the answer of the Lord was, He is keeping himself from view among the goods.