1 Samuel 4:12

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A man from the tribe of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh that same day, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

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  • Josh 7:6 : 6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell face down to the ground before the ark of the Lord, remaining there until evening. The elders of Israel did the same and put dust on their heads.
  • 2 Sam 1:2 : 2 On the third day, a man came from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he arrived before David, he fell to the ground and showed respect.
  • 2 Sam 15:32 : 32 When David reached the summit where he worshiped God, Hushai the Archite met him. His robe was torn, and there was dirt on his head.
  • Neh 9:1 : 1 On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting, wearing sackcloth, and putting dust on their heads.
  • Job 2:12 : 12 When they saw him from a distance, they could not recognize him. They raised their voices and wept. Each of them tore his robe and threw dust on their heads skyward as a sign of grief.
  • 2 Sam 13:19 : 19 Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the ornamented robe she was wearing. She put her hand on her head and went away, weeping loudly as she went.

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  • 1 Sam 4:13-14
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    83%

    13When he arrived, Eli was sitting on his seat by the side of the road, watching, for his heart trembled for the Ark of God. When the man entered the city to report the news, the entire city cried out.

    14Eli heard the sound of the outcry and said, 'What is the meaning of this uproar?' Then the man hurried over to Eli and told him the news.

  • 1 Sam 4:16-18
    3 verses
    81%

    16The man said to Eli, 'I have come from the battle; I fled from the battlefield today.' Eli asked, 'What happened, my son?'

    17The messenger answered, 'Israel has fled before the Philistines, there has been a great slaughter among the people, your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the Ark of God has been captured.'

    18When he mentioned the Ark of God, Eli fell backward off his seat by the gate. His neck was broken, and he died, for he was an old and heavy man. He had judged Israel for forty years.

  • 1 Sam 4:10-11
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    74%

    10The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated. Each man fled to his tent, and the slaughter was very great—thirty thousand Israelite foot soldiers fell.

    11The Ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

  • Josh 7:6
    74%

    6Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell face down to the ground before the ark of the Lord, remaining there until evening. The elders of Israel did the same and put dust on their heads.

  • 2 Sam 1:2-3
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    74%

    2On the third day, a man came from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he arrived before David, he fell to the ground and showed respect.

    3David asked him, 'Where have you come from?' He replied, 'I escaped from the camp of Israel.'

  • 1 Sam 4:2-7
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    2The Philistines set their forces against Israel, and the battle began. Israel was defeated by the Philistines, and about four thousand men were killed on the battlefield.

    3When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel said, 'Why has the Lord allowed us to be defeated today by the Philistines? Let us fetch the Ark of the Covenant from Shiloh so it can come among us and deliver us from the power of our enemies.'

    4So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim. Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, accompanied the Ark of the Covenant of God.

    5When the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord arrived at the camp, all Israel shouted with such a great shout that the ground shook.

    6The Philistines heard the sound of the shouting and said, 'What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?' They realized that the Ark of the Lord had come into the camp.

    7The Philistines became afraid, saying, 'A god has come into the camp!' They exclaimed, 'Woe to us! Nothing like this has ever happened before!

  • 2 Sam 1:11-12
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    11Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

    12They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening for Saul, for Jonathan his son, for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

  • 2 Sam 15:32
    71%

    32When David reached the summit where he worshiped God, Hushai the Archite met him. His robe was torn, and there was dirt on his head.

  • 1 Sam 11:4-5
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    4When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and reported these matters to the people, they all wept loudly.

    5Just then, Saul was coming in from the field, following the oxen. He asked, "What is wrong with the people? Why are they all crying?" They told him what the men of Jabesh had said.

  • 2 Sam 13:31
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    31The king got up, tore his clothes, and lay on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

  • Judg 19:16
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    16In the evening, an old man came in from his work in the field. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and was staying temporarily in Gibeah, though the people of the place were Benjaminites.

  • 1 Sam 10:22
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    22So they inquired further of the LORD, 'Has the man come here yet?' And the LORD said, 'He is hiding among the supplies.'

  • 2 Kgs 22:11
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    11When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes.

  • 1 Sam 17:52
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    52The men of Israel and Judah rose up, shouted, and pursued the Philistines all the way to the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron. The dead Philistines lay scattered along the road to Shaaraim, as far as Gath and Ekron.

  • 2 Kgs 6:30
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    30When the king heard the woman's words, he tore his clothes. As he was walking on the wall, the people saw that he was wearing sackcloth underneath, next to his skin.

  • 1 Sam 1:3
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    3Year after year, this man would go up from his city to worship and to offer sacrifices to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served as priests of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 14:3
    69%

    3Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, brother of Ichabod—son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh—was wearing an ephod. But the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.

  • Jer 41:5
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    5eighty men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, with their beards shaved, their clothes torn, and their bodies cut, bringing grain offerings and incense in their hands to present at the house of the LORD.

  • Judg 20:12
    69%

    12The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What is this awful crime that has been committed among you?"

  • Judg 21:2
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    2The people went to Bethel, where they stayed until evening weeping loudly before God.

  • 1 Chr 10:9
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    9They stripped him, took his head and armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news to their idols and their people.

  • 1 Sam 15:27
    69%

    27As Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.

  • Isa 37:1
    69%

    1When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 23:6
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    6Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he brought the ephod with him.

  • Gen 44:13
    68%

    13At this, they tore their garments, loaded each his donkey, and went back to the city.

  • Judg 20:3
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    3The people of Benjamin heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. The Israelites said, "Tell us, how did this terrible crime happen?"

  • 2 Kgs 19:1
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    1When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

  • Judg 20:31
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    31The Benjaminites came out to meet them and were drawn away from the city. They began to inflict casualties on the Israelites as they had done before—about thirty men—in the open country, on the roads leading to Bethel and Gibeah.

  • Isa 36:22
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    22Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household; Shebna, the scribe; and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported to him the words of the Rabshakeh.

  • Neh 9:1
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    1On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting, wearing sackcloth, and putting dust on their heads.

  • 1 Sam 14:15-16
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    15Then panic struck the whole Philistine camp, those in the field, the outposts, and the raiding parties, and the ground trembled. It was a panic sent by God.

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    8When Elisha, the man of God, heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent the king this message: 'Why have you torn your clothes? Let Naaman come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.'

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