1 Samuel 4:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And 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.

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  • Exod 14:25 : 25 And made the wheels of their war-carriages stiff, so that they had hard work driving them: so the Egyptians said, Let us go in flight from before the face of Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.
  • Exod 15:14-16 : 14 Hearing of you the peoples were shaking in fear: the people of Philistia were gripped with pain. 15 The chiefs of Edom were troubled in heart; the strong men of Moab were in the grip of fear: all the people of Canaan became like water. 16 Fear and grief came on them; by the strength of your arm they were turned to stone; till your people went over, O Lord, till the people went over whom you have made yours.
  • Deut 32:30 : 30 How would it be possible for one to overcome a thousand, and two to send ten thousand in flight, if their rock had not let them go, if the Lord had not given them up?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 4:1-6
    6 verses
    87%

    1 Now at that time the Philistines came together to make war against Israel, and the men of Israel went out to war against the Philistines and took up their position at the side of Eben-ezer: and the Philistines put their forces in position in Aphek.

    2 And the Philistines put their forces in order against Israel, and the fighting was hard, and Israel was overcome by the Philistines, who put to the sword about four thousand of their army in the field.

    3 And 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.

    4 So 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.

    5 And 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.

    6 And 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.

  • 1 Sam 4:8-11
    4 verses
    84%

    8 Trouble is ours! Who will give us salvation from the hands of these great gods? These are the gods who sent all sorts of blows on the Egyptians in the waste land.

    9 Be strong, O Philistines, be men! Do not be servants to the Hebrews as they have been to you: go forward to the fight without fear.

    10 So the Philistines went to the fight, and Israel was overcome, and every man went in flight to his tent: and great was the destruction, for thirty thousand footmen of Israel were put to the sword.

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

  • 1 Sam 7:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

    7 Now when the Philistines had news that the children of Israel had come together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And the children of Israel, hearing of it, were full of fear.

    8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Go on crying to the Lord our God for us to make us safe from the hands of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
    77%

    11 And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.

  • 1 Sam 5:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7 And 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.

    8 So 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.

  • 1 Sam 5:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10 So 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.

    11 So 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.

  • 1 Sam 6:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 Now the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines for seven months.

    2 And the Philistines sent for the priests and those who were wise in secret arts, and said to them, What are we to do with the ark of the Lord? How are we to send it away to its place?

  • 2 Sam 6:9
    75%

    9 And 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 5:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Now the Philistines, having taken the ark of God, took it with them from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.

    2 They took the ark of God into the house of Dagon and put it by the side of Dagon.

  • 1 Sam 28:4-5
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    73%

    4 And the Philistines came together and put their forces in position in Shunem; and Saul got all Israel together and they took up their positions in Gilboa.

    5 And when Saul saw the Philistine army he was troubled, and his heart was moved with fear.

  • 1 Chr 13:12
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    12 And 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 4:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 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.

    14 And 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.

  • 1 Sam 7:10
    73%

    10 And while Samuel was offering the burned offering, the Philistines came near for the attack on Israel; but at the thunder of the Lord's voice that day the Philistines were overcome with fear, and they gave way before Israel.

  • 1 Sam 17:44-45
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    73%

    44 And the Philistine said to David, Come here to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.

    45 Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.

  • 1 Chr 14:9
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    9 Now the Philistines had come, and had gone out in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 7:13
    73%

    13 So the Philistines were overcome, and did not come into the country of Israel again: and all the days of Samuel the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 23:3
    72%

    3 And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

  • 1 Sam 6:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to keep his place before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom may he go from us?

    21 And 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.

  • 1 Chr 14:13
    72%

    13 Then the Philistines again went out in every direction in the valley.

  • 1 Sam 4:16-17
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    72%

    16 And 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?

    17 And 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.

  • 1 Sam 17:24
    71%

    24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.

  • 1 Sam 17:48
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    48 Now when the Philistine made a move and came near to David, David quickly went at a run in the direction of the army, meeting the Philistine face to face.

  • 1 Sam 17:41
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    41 And the Philistine came nearer to David; and the man who had his body-cover went before him.

  • 1 Sam 14:18
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    18 And Saul said to Ahijah, Let the ephod come here. For he went before Israel with the ephod at that time.

  • 1 Sam 6:16
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    16 And the five lords of the Philistines, having seen it, went back to Ekron the same day.

  • 2 Sam 5:18
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    18 And when the Philistines came, they went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 17:21
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    21 And Israel and the Philistines had put their forces in position, army against army.

  • 1 Sam 6:9
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    9 If 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.

  • 2 Chr 20:29
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    29 And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the lands, when they had news of how the Lord made war on those who came against Israel.

  • 1 Sam 4:22
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    22 And she said, The glory is gone from Israel, for the ark of God has been taken.

  • 1 Sam 23:27
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    27 But a man came to Saul saying, Be quick and come; for the Philistines have made an attack on the land.

  • Judg 20:27
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    27 And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days,