Then the people sent to Shiloh, and brought from thence the Ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, who [a]dwelleth between the Cherubims: and there were the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, with the Ark of the covenant of God.

And when the Ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the host, all Israel shouted a mighty shout, so that the earth rang again.

And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the sound of this mighty shout in the host of the Hebrews? and they understood, that the Ark of the Lord was come into the host.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 4:4 For he used to appear to the Israelites between the cherubim over the Ark of the covenant, Exod. 25:17.

So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim.(A) And Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

When the ark of the Lord’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout(B) that the ground shook. Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, “What’s all this shouting in the Hebrew(C) camp?”

When they learned that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp,

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