10 So the Philistines fought, and (A)Israel was [a]defeated, and every man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter, and there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers. 11 Also (B)the ark of God was captured; and (C)the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Death of Eli

12 Then a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line the same day, and (D)came to Shiloh with his clothes torn and (E)dirt on his head.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 4:10 Lit. struck down

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