1 Samuel 4:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And the Philistines were afraide, and saide: God is come into the hoast. And they said againe: Wo vnto vs, for it was neuer so before this.

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  • Exod 14:25 : 25 And toke of his charet wheeles, and caryed them away violently: So that the Egyptians sayde, Let vs flee fro the face of Israel, for the Lord fighteth for them agaynst the Egyptians.
  • Exod 15:14-16 : 14 The nations shal heare, & be afraide, sorowe shall come vpon Palestina. 15 Then the dukes of the Edomites shalbe amazed, and the myghtyest of the Moabites tremblyng shall come vpon them, al the inhabiters of Chanaan shal waxe faynt hearted. 16 Feare & dreade shal fall vpon them, in the greatnesse of thine arme they shalbe as styll as a stone, tyll thy people passe through, O Lorde, whyle this people passe through which thou hast gotten.
  • Deut 32:30 : 30 Howe shoulde one chase a thousande, & two put ten thousand to flyght, except their maker had solde them, and except the Lorde had shut them vp?

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  • 1 Sam 4:1-6
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    87%

    1And Samuel spake vnto all Israel: And Israel went out against the Philistines to battell, and pitched besyde the Eben ezer, and the Philistines pitched in Aphec,

    2And put them selues in aray against Israel: and when they ioyned the battell, Israel was smytten downe before the Philistines, and the Philistines slue of the armie in the fielde about a foure thousand men.

    3And when the people were come into their tentes, the elders of Israel sayde: Wherfore hath the Lorde caste vs downe this day before the Philistines? let vs fetch the arke of the appoyntmet of the Lorde out of Silo vnto vs, that when it cometh among vs, it may saue vs out of the hand of our enemies.

    4And so the people went to Silo, and fet from thence the arke of the appoyntment of the Lorde of hoastes, which dwelleth betweene the cherubims: And there wer the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni and Phinehes, with the arke of the appoyntment of God.

    5And when the arke of the appoyntment of the Lorde came into the hoast, all Israel showted a mightie showte, so that the earth rang againe.

    6And when the Philistines heard the noyse of the showte, they saide: What meaneth the sounde of this mightie showte in the hoast of the Ebrues? And they vnderstode howe that the arke of the Lorde was come into the hoast.

  • 1 Sam 4:8-11
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    8Wo vnto vs, who shall deliuer vs out of the hand of these mightie goddes? these are the goddes that smote the Egyptians with many plagues in the wildernes.

    9Be strong and quite your selues lyke men, O ye Philistines, that ye be no seruaunts vnto the Ebrues, as they haue ben to you: Be of a manly corage therfore and fight.

    10And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten downe, and fled euery man into his tent: And there was an exceeding great slaughter, for there were ouerthrowen of Israel thirtie thousand footemen.

    11And the arke of God was taken, and the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni & Phinehes, were dead.

  • 1 Sam 7:7-8
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    79%

    7When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mispah, the princes of the Philistines went vp against Israel: And when the children of Israel hard that, they were afrayde of the Philistines.

    8And the children of Israel sayd to Samuel: Ceasse not to crye vnto the lord our God for vs, that he may saue vs out of the hand of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
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    11When Saul and all Israel heard those wordes of ye Philistine, they were discouraged, and greatly afraide.

  • 1 Sam 5:7-8
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    7And when the men of Asdod sawe that it was so, they saide: The arke of the God of Israel shal not abide here with vs, for his hand is sore vpon vs, & vpon Dagon our God.

    8They sent therfore, and gathered all the lordes of the Philistines vnto them, and saide: What shall we do with the arke of the God of Israel? They aunswered: Let the arke of the God of Israel be caryed about vnto Gath. And they caried the arke of the God of Israel about.

  • 1 Sam 5:10-11
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    75%

    10Therfore they sent the arke of God to Acaron: and assoone as the arke of God came to Acaron, the Acaronites cryed out, saying: They haue brought the arke of the God of Israel to vs, to slea vs, and our people.

    11And so they sent, and gathered together al the lordes of the Philistines, and saide: Send away the arke of the God of Israel, to go agayne to his owne place, that it slea vs not, and our people. For there was a destruction and death thorowout all the citie, and the hand of God was exceeding sore there.

  • 1 Sam 6:1-2
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    1And the arke of the Lord was in the countrey of the Philistines seuen monethes.

    2And the Philistines called for the priestes and the soothsayers, saying: What shall we do with the arke of the Lord? Tell vs wherewith we shall sende it home againe:

  • 2 Sam 6:9
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    9And Dauid was then afraide of the Lorde, and sayd: Howe shall the arke of the Lord come to me?

  • 1 Sam 5:1-2
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    74%

    1And the Philistines toke the arke of God, and caryed it from the Eben ezer vnto Asdod.

    2Yea the Philistines toke the arke of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

  • 1 Sam 28:4-5
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    73%

    4And the Philistines gathered together, and came, and pytched in Sunem: And Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pytched in Gilboa.

    5And when Saul sawe the hoast of the Philistines, he was afrayde, & his heart was sore astonied.

  • 1 Chr 13:12
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    12And Dauid was afrayde of God that day, saying: how shall I bring the arke of God home to me?

  • 1 Sam 4:13-14
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    13And when he came, lo, Eli sat vpon a stoole by the way side, wayting: for his heart feared for the arke of God. And when the man came into the citie, and tolde it, all the citie cryed.

    14And when Eli heard the noyse of the crying, he saide: What meaneth this noyse of the tumult? And the man came in hastyly, and tolde Eli.

  • 1 Sam 7:10
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    10And as Samuel offered the burnt offering, the Philistines came to fight against Israel: But the Lorde thundred a great thunder the same day among the Philistines, & scattered them, that they were slaine before Israel.

  • 1 Sam 17:44-45
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    73%

    44And the Philistine sayde to Dauid: Come to me, and I wyll geue thy fleshe vnto the foules of the ayre, and to the beastes of the fielde.

    45Then sayde Dauid to the Philistine: Thou commest to me with a sword, a speare, & a shielde: But I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hoastes, the God of the hoast of Israel, whom thou hast rayled vpon.

  • 1 Chr 14:9
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    9And the Philistines came in, and spread them selues through the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 7:13
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    13And so the Philistines were brought vnder, and they came no more into the coaste of Israel: and the hande of the Lorde was against the Philistines all the dayes of Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 23:3
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    3And Dauids men said vnto him, See, we be afrayde here in Iuda: howe much more then if we come to Keila against the hoast of the Philistines?

  • 1 Sam 6:20-21
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    20Wherfore the men of Bethsames said: Who is able to stand before this holie Lorde God? And to whom shall he go from vs?

    21And they sent messengers to the inhabitaunts of Kiriathiarim, saying: The Philistines haue brought againe the arke of the Lord, come ye downe and fet it vp to you.

  • 1 Chr 14:13
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    13And the Philistines came together againe, and russhed into the valley.

  • 1 Sam 4:16-17
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    16And the man said vnto Eli: I am he that came out of the armie, & fled this day out of the hoast. And he said: What thing is done my sonne?

    17The messenger aunswered, and said: Israel is fled before the Philistines, & there hath ben a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sonnes Hophni and Phinehes are dead, and the arke of God is taken.

  • 1 Sam 17:24
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    24And all the people of Israel, when they sawe the man, ranne away from him, and were sore afrayde.

  • 1 Sam 17:48
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    48And when the Philistine arose to come and drawe nye to Dauid, Dauid hasted, and ran to fight against the Philistine,

  • 1 Sam 17:41
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    41And the Philistine came and drewe neare against Dauid, and the man that bare the shielde went before him.

  • 1 Sam 14:18
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    18And Saul sayd vnto Ahia: Bring hyther the arke of God. (For the arke of God was at time with the children of Israel.)

  • 1 Sam 6:16
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    16And when the fiue princes of the Philistines had seene it, they returned to Acaron the same day.

  • 2 Sam 5:18
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    18And when the Philistines came, they spread them selues in the valley of Raphaim.

  • 1 Sam 17:21
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    21For Israel and the Philistines had put them selues in array armie against armie.

  • 1 Sam 6:9
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    9And if ye see that he go vp by the way of his owne coaste to Bethsames, then it is he that did vs this great euill: If no. we shall knowe then that it is not his hand that smote vs, but it was a chaunce that happened vs.

  • 2 Chr 20:29
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    29And the feare of God fell on the kingdomes of all landes, when they had heard that the Lorde fought against the enemies of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 4:22
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    22And she saide againe: The glorie is gone from Israel, for the arke of God is taken.

  • 1 Sam 23:27
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    27But ther came a messenger to Saul, saying: Haste thee and come, for the Philistines haue inuaded the lande.

  • Judg 20:27
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    27And the children of Israel asked the Lord: (for there was the arke of the appoyntment of God, in those dayes: