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So the people sent word[a] to Shiloh and took away from there the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, who sits above[b] the cherubim.

Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were there with the Ark of the Covenant of God. When the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel gave a great shout and the earth reverberated! When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they asked, “What is this noise coming from shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” Then they realized that the Ark of the Lord had come into the camp,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 4:4 The Heb. lacks word
  2. 1 Samuel 4:4 Lit. sits

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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