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1 Samuel 4:1-3
Lexham English Bible

The Battle of Aphek

4 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines for battle, and they encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek. 2 The Philistines lined up for the battle to meet Israel, and the battle was prolonged[a] until Israel was defeated before the Philistines, who[b] killed about four thousand men on the battlefield.[c] 3 When the army[d] came back to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has Yahweh defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to us from Shiloh so that it may come into our midst and deliver[e] us from the hand of our enemies.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 4:2 Or “drawn out”
  2. 1 Samuel 4:2 Literally “and they”
  3. 1 Samuel 4:2 Literally “in the battle line in the field”
  4. 1 Samuel 4:3 Or “people”
  5. 1 Samuel 4:3 Or “save”
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