1 Samuel 4:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

And the Philistims were afraide, and saide, God is come into the hoste: therefore saide they, Wo vnto vs: for it hath not bene so heretofore.

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  • Exod 14:25 : 25 For he tooke off their charet wheeles, and they draue them with much a doe: so that the Egyptians euery one sayd, I wil flee from the face of Israel: for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
  • Exod 15:14-16 : 14 The people shal heare and be afraide: sorow shal come vpon the inhabitants of Palestina. 15 Then the dukes of Edom shalbe amased, & trembling shall come vpon the great men of Moab: all the inhabitantes of Canaan shall waxe faint hearted. 16 Feare and dread shall fall vpon them: because of the greatnesse of thine arme, they shalbe stil as a stone, till thy people passe, O Lord: til this people passe, which thou hast purchased.
  • Deut 32:30 : 30 How should one chase a thousand, & two put ten thousande to flight, except their strong God had sold the, & the Lord had shut them vp?

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  • 1 Sam 4:1-6
    6 verses
    87%

    1And Samuel spake vnto all Israel: and Israel went out against the Philistims to battel and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistims pitched in Aphek.

    2And the Philistims put themselues in aray against Israel: and when they ioyned the battell, Israel was smitten downe before the Philistims: who slewe of the armie in the fielde about foure thousand men.

    3So when the people were come into the campe, the Elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lorde smitten vs this day before ye Philistims? let vs bring the Arke of the couenant of the Lord out of Shiloh vnto vs, that when it commeth among vs, it may saue vs out of the hande of our enemies.

    4Then the people sent to Shiloh, & brought from thence the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde of hostes, who dwelleth betweene the Cherubims: and there were the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni, and Phinehas, with the Arke of the couenant of God.

    5And when the Arke of the couenant of the Lord came into the hoste, all Israel shouted a mightie shoute, so that the earth rang againe.

    6And when the Philistims heard the noyse of the shoute, they said, What meaneth the sound of this mightie shoute in the host of the Ebrewes? and they vnderstoode, that the Arke of the Lord was come into the hoste.

  • 1 Sam 4:8-11
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    84%

    8Wo vnto vs, who shall deliuer vs out of the hande of these mightie Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wildernes.

    9Be strong and play the men, O Philistims, that ye be not seruants vnto the Ebrewes, as they haue serued you: be valiant therefore, and fight.

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

    11And the Arke of God was taken, and the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas died.

  • 1 Sam 7:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

    7When the Philistims heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the princes of the Philistims went vp against Israel: and when the children of Israel heard that, they were afraide of the Philistims.

    8And the children of Israel sayd to Samuel, Cease not to crie vnto the Lorde our God for vs, that hee may saue vs out of the hand of the Philistims.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
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    11When Saul & all Israel heard those wordes of the Philistim, they were discouraged, & greatly afraide.

  • 1 Sam 5:7-8
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    76%

    7And when the men of Ashdod sawe this, they sayd, Let not the Arke of the God of Israel abide with vs: for his hand is sore vpon vs and vpon Dagon our god.

    8They sent therefore and gathered all the princes of the Philistims vnto them, and sayde, What shall we doe with the Arke of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the Arke of the God of Israel be caried about vnto Gath: and they caried the Arke of the God of Israel about.

  • 1 Sam 5:10-11
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    75%

    10Therefore they sent the Arke of God to Ekron: and assoone as the Arke of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cryed out, saying, They haue brought the Arke of the God of Israel to vs to slay vs and our people.

    11Therefore they sent, and gathered together all the princes of the Philistims and sayd, Sende away the Arke of the God of Israel, and let it returne to his owne place, that it slay vs not and our people: for there was a destruction and death throughout all the citie, and the hand of God was very sore there.

  • 1 Sam 6:1-2
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    75%

    1So the Arke of the Lorde was in the countrey of the Philistims seuen moneths.

    2And the Philistims called the priests and the soothsayers, saying, What shall we doe with the Arke of the Lord? tell vs wherewith we shall send it home againe.

  • 2 Sam 6:9
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    9Therefore Dauid that day feared the Lord, and sayd, How shall the Arke of the Lorde come to mee?

  • 1 Sam 5:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Then the Philistims tooke the Arke of God and caried it from Eben-ezer vnto Ashdod,

    2Euen the Philistims tooke ye 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%

    4Then the Philistims assembled themselues, and came, and pitched in Shunem: and Saul assembled all Israel, and they pitched in Gilboa.

    5And when Saul saw the hoste of the Philistims, he was afraid, & his heart was sore astonied.

  • 1 Chr 13:12
    73%

    12And Dauid feared God that day, saying, Howe shall I bring in to me the Arke of God?

  • 1 Sam 4:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13And when hee came, loe, Eli sate vpon a seate by the wayside, wayting: for his heart feared for the Arke of God and when the man came into the citie to tell it, all the citie cried out.

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

  • 1 Sam 7:10
    73%

    10And as Samuel offered the burnt offering, the Philistims came to fight against Israel: but the Lord thundred with a great thunder that day vpon the Philistims, and scattered them: so they were slaine before Israel.

  • 1 Sam 17:44-45
    2 verses
    73%

    44And the Philistim sayd to Dauid, Come to me, & I will giue thy flesh vnto the foules of the heauen, and to the beastes of the field.

    45Then sayd Dauid to the Philistim, Thou commest to me with a sword, and with a speare, & with a shield, but I come to thee in the Name of the Lord of hostes, the God of the hoste of Israel, whom thou hast rayled vpon.

  • 1 Chr 14:9
    73%

    9And the Philistims came, and spred them selues in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 7:13
    73%

    13So the Philistims were brought vnder, and they came no more againe into the coastes of Israel: and the hand of the Lorde was against the Philistims all the dayes of Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 23:3
    72%

    3And Dauids men said vnto him, See, we be afrayde here in Iudah, howe much more if we come to Keilah against the hoste of ye Philistims?

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

    20Wherefore the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go from vs?

    21And they sent messengers to the inhabitans of Kiriath-iearim, saying, The Philistims haue brought againe the Arke of the Lord: come ye downe and take it vp to you.

  • 1 Chr 14:13
    72%

    13Againe the Philistims came and spread them selues in the valley.

  • 1 Sam 4:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16And the man sayd vnto Eli, I came from the armie, and I fled this day out of the hoste: and he sayd, What thing is done, my sonne?

    17Then the messenger answered and sayd, Israel is fled before the Philistims, and there hath bene also a great slaughter among the people: and moreouer thy two sonnes, Hophni and Phinehas are dead, and the Arke of God is taken.

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

  • 1 Sam 17:48
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    48And when the Philistim arose to come and drawe neere vnto Dauid, Dauid hasted and ran to fight against the Philistim.

  • 1 Sam 17:41
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    41And the Philistim came and drew neere vnto Dauid, and the man that bare the shielde went before him.

  • 1 Sam 14:18
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    18And Saul said vnto Ahiah, Bring hither the Arke of God (for the Arke of God was at that time with the children of Israel)

  • 1 Sam 6:16
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    16And when the fiue Princes of ye Philistims had seene it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

  • 2 Sam 5:18
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    18But the Philistims came, and spred themselues in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 17:21
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    21For Israel & the Philistims had put themselues in araie, armie against armie.

  • 1 Sam 6:9
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    9And take heede, if it goe vp by the way of his owne coast to Beth-shemesh, it is he that did vs this great euill: but if not, we shall know then, that it is not his hand that smote vs, but it was a chance that happened vs.

  • 2 Chr 20:29
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    29And the feare of God was vpon all the kingdomes of the earth, whe they had heard that the Lord had fought against ye enemies of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 4:22
    70%

    22She sayde againe, The glory is departed from Israel: for the Arke of God is taken.

  • 1 Sam 23:27
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    27But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come: for the Philistims haue inuaded the land.

  • Judg 20:27
    70%

    27And the children of Israel asked the Lorde (for there was the Arke of the couenat of God in those dayes,