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1 Samuel 4:2-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Samuel 4:2-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle was joined,[a] Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field of battle. 3 When the troops came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord put us to rout today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here from Shiloh, so that he may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.”(A)
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- 4.2 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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