1 Samuel 4:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled every man to his tent, and there was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the Philistines{H6430} fought,{H3898} and Israel{H3478} was smitten,{H5062} and they fled{H5127} every man{H376} to his tent:{H168} and there was a very{H3966} great{H1419} slaughter;{H4347} for there fell{H5307} of Israel{H3478} thirty{H7970} thousand{H505} footmen.{H7273}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the Philistines{H6430} fought{H3898}{(H8735)}, and Israel{H3478} was smitten{H5062}{(H8735)}, and they fled{H5127}{(H8799)} every man{H376} into his tent{H168}: and there was a very{H3966} great{H1419} slaughter{H4347}; for there fell{H5307}{(H8799)} of Israel{H3478} thirty{H7970} thousand{H505} footmen{H7273}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then foughte the Philistynes, & Israel was smytten, & euery one fled vnto his tete, & there was a very greate slaughter, so that there fell of Israel thirtye thousande fote me,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And 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.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And 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.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The Philistines fought, and Israel was struck, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the Philistines fight, and Israel is smitten, and they flee each to his tents, and the blow is very great, and there fall of Israel thirty thousand footmen;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The Philistines fought, and Israel was struck, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers from Israel fell in battle.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 14:12 : 12 And Judah was defeated before Israel, and they fled every man to their tents.
  • Deut 28:25 : 25 The LORD shall cause you to be smitten before your enemies: you shall go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shall be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
  • 1 Sam 4:2 : 2 And the Philistines arranged themselves against Israel, and when they joined battle, Israel was defeated before the Philistines, and they killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.
  • Lev 26:17 : 17 And I will set my face against you, and you shall be slain before your enemies: those that hate you shall reign over you; and you shall flee when none pursues you.
  • 2 Sam 18:17 : 17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and piled a very large heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled each to his tent.
  • 2 Sam 19:8 : 8 Then the king arose and sat in the gate. And they told all the people, saying, Behold, the king sits in the gate. And all the people came before the king; for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
  • 2 Sam 20:1 : 1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew a trumpet and said, We have no part in David, nor any inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 12:16 : 16 So when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now see to your own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents.
  • 1 Kgs 22:36 : 36 And there went a proclamation throughout the army as the sun went down, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
  • 2 Chr 13:17 : 17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
  • 2 Chr 25:22 : 22 And Judah was defeated before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
  • 2 Chr 28:5-6 : 5 Therefore, the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria, and they struck him and carried away a great multitude as captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter. 6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
  • Ps 78:9 : 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
  • Ps 78:60-64 : 60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; 61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. 62 He gave his people over also to the sword; and was angry with his inheritance. 63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given in marriage. 64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
  • Isa 10:3-6 : 3 And what will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation that shall come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory? 4 Without me, they shall bow down among the prisoners, and they shall fall among the slain. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 5 O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation. 6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
  • 2 Sam 18:7 : 7 Where the people of Israel were defeated before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Sam 4:1-3
    3 verses
    85%

    1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and camped beside Ebenezer, and the Philistines camped in Aphek.

    2 And the Philistines arranged themselves against Israel, and when they joined battle, Israel was defeated before the Philistines, and they killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.

    3 And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us, it may save us from the hand of our enemies.

  • 1 Chr 10:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell down slain in Mount Gilboa.

    2 And the Philistines closely pursued Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 31:1
    81%

    1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 4:11-12
    2 verses
    79%

    11 And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed.

    12 And a man of Benjamin ran from the army and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes torn and dirt upon his head.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    78%

    7 Where the people of Israel were defeated before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

  • 1 Sam 4:9
    78%

    9 Be strong and conduct yourselves like men, O Philistines, that you do not become servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men, and fight.

  • 1 Sam 4:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16 And the man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, What happened, my son?

    17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

  • 1 Sam 17:52
    75%

    52 The men of Israel and Judah arose, shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance to the valley and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell along the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and Ekron.

  • 1 Sam 13:4-6
    3 verses
    75%

    4 And all Israel heard that Saul had struck a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel was in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together to Saul at Gilgal.

    5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as numerous as the sand on the seashore; and they came up and encamped in Michmash, east of Bethaven.

    6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

  • 1 Sam 14:20-22
    3 verses
    75%

    20 Then Saul and all the people with him assembled and went into battle; and behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion.

    21 Moreover, the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines before that time, who went up with them into the camp, also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

    22 All the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the mountains of Ephraim heard that the Philistines fled, and even they followed hard after them in the battle.

  • Judg 20:39
    74%

    39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle.

  • 1 Sam 7:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and confused them; and they were defeated before Israel.

    11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and struck them, until they came under Beth-car.

  • 1 Sam 6:19
    74%

    19 And He struck the men of Beth Shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the Lord. He struck fifty thousand and seventy men of the people, and the people mourned because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
    73%

    8 And there was war again; and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

  • Judg 20:17
    73%

    17 And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew sword; all these were men of war.

  • Judg 20:2
    73%

    2 And the leaders of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

  • Judg 20:31
    73%

    31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 17:19
    73%

    19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 14:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    30 How much better if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great."

    31 They struck the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon, and the people were very faint.

  • 1 Sam 17:21
    72%

    21 Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

  • 1 Sam 17:24
    72%

    24 All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were very afraid.

  • 2 Chr 13:17
    72%

    17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

  • 1 Sam 4:7
    72%

    7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! for such a thing has not happened before.

  • Judg 20:34-35
    2 verses
    72%

    34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was heavy; but they did not know that disaster was near them.

    35 And the LORD struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men; all these drew the sword.

  • 1 Chr 10:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

    8 And it came to pass on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

  • Judg 8:10
    72%

    10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the armies of the children of the east: for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men who drew sword.

  • 1 Sam 7:7
    72%

    7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

  • 2 Sam 10:18
    71%

    18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck down Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
    71%

    11 When Saul and all Israel heard the words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

  • 1 Sam 17:2
    71%

    2 And Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped by the Valley of Elah, setting the battle in array against the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 31:7
    71%

    7 When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley and those who were across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled, and the Philistines came and lived in them.

  • 1 Kgs 20:29
    71%

    29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians one hundred thousand footmen in one day.

  • 1 Sam 5:11
    71%

    11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

  • 1 Sam 29:1
    71%

    1 Now the Philistines gathered all their armies at Aphek, and the Israelites camped by a fountain in Jezreel.

  • 2 Sam 21:15
    71%

    15 Moreover, the Philistines had war again with Israel. And David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines; and David grew faint.