The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield.

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Then the (A)Philistines put themselves in battle array against Israel. And when they joined battle, Israel was [a]defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 4:2 Lit. struck